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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Tenant Fees
How should landlords and letting agents prepare for the Tenant Fees Bill? Susanna Caulfield, Senior Associate in the Real Estate…
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Nightclubs and niggles
A tenant was unhappy about various matters, primarily that the agent ‘lied’ about the nightclubs near the property...
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Why money laundering matters
The Negotiator looks at the social and economic damage that serious and organised crime inflicts on the UK and why…
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Tenant fees? NO. Tenant References? YES!
The tenant fee ban may change the way agents reference potential tenants, says Joanne Christie, but the process is still…
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Estate agents heavily criticised by MPs within parliamentary report on AML
Report form Treasury Select Committee says agents are weakest link in fighting AML after hearing from NAEA Propertymark and National…
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We need rental homes. We need investor landlords!
Landlords are still regular recipients of bad press and written attacks. There are people who believe that all landlords are…
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Washing up
Money laundering isn’t just the preserve of upmarket estate agents selling expensive properties in central London, says HMRC chief Simon…
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New rules for conveyancing
New price transparency rules came into effect on 6th December 2018. TM Group asked the industry, “Will the new rules…
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Compulsory Client Money Protection legislation
As unintended consequences go, says Adam Walker, this tale of woe is a great illustration of how our lives and…
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Selling a rental property
"A landlord, who wanted to sell his rental property, complained to The Property Ombudsman about two issues: the estate agent’s…
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