Tag: Selective Licensing

Council’s selective licensing scheme slammed by tribunal

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th April 2023, 3 years ago | 24

A council’s selective licensing scheme has been criticised by a First-tier Tribunal (FTT) for covering a wide area rather than...

Landlords criticised for not completing Selective Licensing forms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th March 2023, 4 years ago | 2

A council has criticised landlords in its area for not completing its selective licensing forms properly and says that out...

Auditor says Selective Licensing DOES push up rents and cause homelessness

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd February 2023, 4 years ago | 18

A council’s Selective Licensing scheme has been slammed by an external auditor – just as the council unveils a consultation...

Landlord Licensing & Defence – How landlords and agents can avoid council fines and penalties

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st February 2023, 4 years ago | 9

Landlords face an increasingly difficult situation as councils look to set up or expand their mandatory licensing schemes – leaving...

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INVESTIGATION: Why licensing is a selective attack on landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th February 2023, 4 years ago | 14

Once upon a time, selective licensing only affected landlords of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) and the rest were spared...

Leading landlord slams council’s plea not to put up rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th January 2023, 4 years ago | 34

A new selecting licensing scheme is to go to the government for approval – but councillors don’t want landlords to...

City’s selective licensing scheme condemned as ‘a waste of time’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th December 2022, 4 years ago | 11

A city council that introduced a selective licensing scheme in April has been deluged with 31,000 applications from landlords –...

Council slammed after moaning about its 8,000-strong homeless list

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th December 2022, 4 years ago | 13

A frustrated landlord has hit out after a council revealed that the housing crisis in their city is so bad...

Rent to Rent Tips, Advice and Case Study

Author: Mark Alexander

9th August 2019, 7 years ago | 0

We first published this article back in 2013. It has been resurrected because the information provided within it is just...

Milton Keynes abandon Selective Licensing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th March 2014, 12 years ago | 7

Milton Keynes City Council has abandoned plans to introduce a proposed city-wide Selective Licensing scheme under pressure from the National...

Ipswich Council refunding landlord licensing fees after Westminster Court of Appeal sex shop case

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th February 2014, 13 years ago | 9

The RLA has recently received an email from Ipswich Borough Council confirming it has started to refund Landlord Licensing fees...

Boiler Theft – Copper and Carpets Too!

Author: Readers Question

23rd October 2013, 13 years ago | 13

I had a call about one of my properties in the Middlesbrough area that has gone downhill quite a way...

SEAL – South East Alliance of Landlords

Author: Neil Patterson

23rd October 2013, 13 years ago | 5

Members of the South East Alliance of Landlords (SEAL) are putting together a bedsit task force to go Street to...

Thought provoking HMO and selective licensing question

Author: Mark Alexander

18th October 2013, 13 years ago | 7

The importance of my question is that, depending on the answer, it may be a way for landlords to bypass...

Alternative to licensing/accreditation? Bad landlords, look away now!

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11th September 2013, 13 years ago | 65

Following on from the discussion entitled “Raising Standards or Raising Funds” it appears that the majority of readers agree that...

Does my Buy to Let lending criteria make sense?

Author: Mary Latham

23rd August 2013, 13 years ago | 9

While fully acknowledging that I am not a financial specialist I do know the residential property market. I have a...

Private Rented Sector Review – Conclusions and recommendations

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2013, 13 years ago | 7

The Private Rented Sector Review conclusions and recommendations published by the Communities and Local Government Committee: Simplifying regulation 1.  We recommend...

Immigration Bill checks to be light touch for Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th May 2013, 13 years ago | 5

The Housing Minister Mark Prisk speaking to MPs on the Immigration Bill announced in the recent Queen’s speech confirmed the...

Terry Lucking of Belvoir Lettings Cambridge and Peterborough

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th April 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Terry Lucking of Belvoir Lettings Cambridge and Peterborough I have been trading in lettings since 1999 with our offices in...

HMO Licensing Fees – Oxford Council Humiliated

Author: Mark Alexander

17th November 2012, 14 years ago | 16

Further to my rant about HMO Licensing Fees on 16th October one of my readers decided to submit a Freedom...

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Private Rented Sector Licencing Debate

Author: Readers Question

25th September 2012, 14 years ago | 6

Richard Cubitt, a reader of Property118 has submitted the following summary of Private Rented Sector Licencing. In an email to...