After years of threats to ban them outright, Eddie Hughes now says legislation on referral fees is off the cards for the time being.
Read More‘Technology, not just more regulation, is answer to winning AML war’ – claim
Comments are made by AML firm Thirdfort, which says plans to burden agents with more regulations miss the opportunity to allow tech to help.
Read MoreMinister: ‘We’re still considering RoPA’… three years after it was published
Propertymark hopes that Eddie Hughes' relatively non-committal comments in parliament are a sign RoPA is still on the political agenda.
Read MoreNot on your nelly, Rishi! Report reveals agent hostility to helping HMRC tax landlords
Government reveals it has been toying with proposals to ask agents to submit landlord rental income to HMRC, but consultation reveals widespread rejection of the idea.
Read MoreRenters Reform Bill – is it hiding rent controls?
The Renters' Reform Bill announced last week in the Queen's Speech, may contain a Trojan Horse measure for rent control, if two Ministers are taken at their word...
Read MoreTM Group’s sale to Canadian data giant blocked by competition watchdog
The purchase of property data specialist company, TM Group by the Canadian software giant Dye & Durham has been declared to be anti-competitive.
Read MoreFraudulent tenancy applications on the rise, says UK’s largest referencing group
Latest figures from Barbon, the UK’s biggest tenant referencing company which includes HomeLet, Let Alliance and Rent4sure, reveal the extent to which tenancy application fraud is on the rise.
Read MoreProperty managers face new wave of fire safety rules, White Paper reveals
In addition to last year's Fire Safety Act, the government is to introduce more regulations to make high-rise blocks safer to live in.
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