Regulation & Law
News articles looking at national legislation and local regulation and the application of law to the residential property industry.
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Flats offer ‘growing value’ amid falling demand, says Zoopla
Zoopla's Richard Donnell says: "Flats offer growing value compared to houses, although buyers will remain cautious.”
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Void periods shorten after Renters’ Rights Act
Roma Sharma of solicitors Rushbrook & Rathbone, says void periods for rentals have shortened since the Renters' Rights Act was introduced.
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Property manager daughter takes family to Tribunal over ‘unfair dismissal’
Jemma Wright fails in her attempt to make an unfair dismissal claim against her mother and sister's lettings agency in Selby in a highly unusual case.
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Rental scammers cost landlords £9.6k per tenancy, warns referencing giant
Goodlord says the cost to the rental sector is more than £4billion every year as AI helps scammers hoodwink landlords and letting agents.
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Labour-run city launches huge crackdown on HMO sector
Local Labour councillor in Stoke echoes Government policy, saying HMOs need robust policing and management.
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National landlord register risks increasing workload and fees
A new national landlord database must "not simply duplicate information" already submitted through licensing schemes, warns Propertymark.
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Advice for landlords who miss today’s new tax deadline
Landlord Resource's Jack Malnick says: “Making Tax Digital for Income Tax will represent the biggest change to landlord reporting in decades."
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Almost half of estate agents ‘trust no political party’ on housing
Estate agents are sceptical that any political party has the answers to Britain's housing challenges, says the research's Simon Leadbetter.
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‘Being British isn’t enough to buy here’, warns property lawyer
"A foreign-sounding name is enough to invite an outright refusal to proceed," warns Sharpwell Property Law's Tatiana Sharposhnikova.
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Another big town council cracks down on HMOs
Reigate and Banstead Councillor's announcement follows research showing almost a third of local authorities in England have imposed Article 4 directions.
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