Competition regulator has secured agreement to cancel dodgy 'doubling ground rent' clauses from leaseholds from 15 companies who bought freeholds from developer Countrywide.
Read MoreLandlords seek to head off Welsh rent controls ahead of official announcement
NRLA says rent controls would make existing supply and affordability problems within Wales worse not better.
Read MoreNew law forces foreign companies to reveal ‘beneficial owner’ of properties
Economic Crime act enables officials to halt sales, force foreign entities to register its beneficial owner and fine or imprison rule breakers.
Read MoreLiverpool agents face huge task of licensing thousands of landlord homes
The city's new selective licensing will start on 1st April covering some 45,000 rented properties, each requiring a separate application.
Read MoreLast bastion of unregulated estate agency in Britain set to fall into line
Jersey estate agents must sign up for redress, licensing and RoPA-style minimum qualifications, recommends influential government panel.
Read MoreDevelopers must pay full cost of removing dangerous cladding, insists Gove
Developers must pay for work to remove dangerous cladding from medium-rise buildings, according to Housing Secretary Michael Gove.
Read MoreCrackdown on Russia’s ‘London laundromat’ as bill rushed through parliament
Moves to crack down on Russian money in London are taking shape amid continuing anger at the level to which governments have allowed the capital to be used to launder cash from…
Read MoreBid to curtail eviction rights in Scotland challenged
Draconian measures designed to make it extremely difficult to evict a tenant for being in arrears have come under fire from Propertymark.
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