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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Looking back and moving forward
Property Ombudsman, Katrine Sporle looks back at how the property redress sector has changed during her five-year term and what…
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No to ‘No DSS’
If you view potential tenants who are on benefits as unwelcome or unwanted, think again says Frances Burkinshaw.
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The sign, the wait and the wardrobe
Katrine Sporle of The Property Ombudsman reviews two cases of agents who, their clients alleged, let them down, during selling…
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Tenants working from home? Then check the contract!
With home working looking like it’s here to stay, Frances Burkinshaw points out that in some cases, this new norm…
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Where’s the garden gone?
The Property Ombudsman (TPO) received a complaint about a property being not quite as advertised, with a very late change…
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Property log books – registration documents for every house
Nigel Lewis looks at the progress, probability and possible shape, of the equivalent of vehicle registrations for every house in…
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Legal analysis – is the eviction ban’s remit too wide to be workable?
UK COVID-19: Residential possession proceedings during lockdown: is the new practice direction too wide to work? Tim Reid, Senior Associate,…
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The wrong tenant… and no rent paid…
The Property Ombudsman Katrine Sporle reviews a complaint about an agent who let a property to someone other than the…
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Scrap stamp duty!
HomeOwners Alliance calls on the Government to scrap Stamp Duty… or give a 12-month Stamp Duty holiday to kick start…
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Dirty cash, clean solutions
Are you on the money? Lisa Isaacs discovers that just 12 per cent of agents understand their AML obligations.
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