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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Hidden roads a search didn’t find
Should the fact that a road was part of a front garden been more clearly highlighted in a sellers’ search?…
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The new-look DLUHC
Timothy Douglas asks how the new appointments at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, will affect the outlook…
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Delivering contradictions and confusion
Nigel Lewis compares words with policies of the Truss government and wonders if they know whose side they’re on.
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Levelling up the PRS
Nigel Lewis ploughs through 80 pages of the ‘Renters’ Reform Bill’ White Paper and asks the industry what they make…
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Look out landlords
A register for landlords has been announced by the Government – did you miss it? Nigel Lewis looks at the…
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Under scrutiny
The need to ensure that anti-money laundering checks are carried out to the letter has never been greater. Richard Reed…
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Friendly fire
Nigel Lewis looks at how the lettings industry is under attack from the most unlikely quarter – a Conservative government.
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The green disaster
Well-meaning regulation to cut the carbon footprint of homes, rented or owned, is a looming catastrophe for the property industry,…
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Beware the boiler ban
From 2026 you won’t be able to replace your fossil-fuel boiler if you are off the gas grid, says Richard…
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Legislation – an uphill struggle
Levelling up in the property industry seems to be badly thought-through and probably ineffectual, says Nigel Lewis.
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