Regulation & Law
Longer-read articles looking at national legislation and local regulation and the application of law to the residential property industry.
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BLOG: Are you ready for Labour’s tax bombs?
Business sales broker, Adam Walker, looks at the potential changes to the tax landscape for the property sector should Labour…
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‘No refunds’ – a request to repay a reservation fee is denied
The Property Ombudsman, Rebecca Marsh, adjudicates on a dispute over a reservation fee for a house at auction.
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Who earned the commission?
The Property Ombudsman, Rebecca Marsh, settles a case between two agents claiming commission on a sale.
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Cyber-crime – ‘You’ve been hacked!’
Cyber crime is becoming too common to ignore and every agent is a potential target. But what can you do?…
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Who pays the lawyers?
Rebecca Marsh, The Property Ombudsman, deliberates on a case between leaseholders and an estate and management company over a dispute…
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F or G – it’s flipping cold!
The Property Ombudsman, Rebecca Marsh investigates a tenant’s complaint against a letting agent, regarding EPC rating of a property.
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Practicality, not politics
Nigel Lewis has a historical perspective on housing policy and can’t see anything of hope for housing with the current…
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Pressure selling dispute
The Property Ombudsman, Rebecca Marsh decides whether a quick-sale agent was behaving as fairly as the code requires.
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A data scandal looms
The advent of GDPR was a while ago now and agents may feel relaxed about it with good practices in…
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Direct marketing? Watch your back…
With £500,000 fines possible for breaches of data protection laws, specialist lawyer, Andrew Swan says agents are next on the…
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