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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Is it fair? Estate agency ‘told off’ over material information mistake
Fine & Country mis-labelled one of its Rightmove listings - but was it really worth the Advertising Standards Authority spending time and resources after such a minor complaints?
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REGULATION: Landlord to pay £24,000 after losing fine appeal
Lakhbir Singh Rakhra is to pay the fine after he ignored Slough Town Council's improvement order for his property after the tenant lived without heating for over six years.
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Property leaders slam ‘rushed through’ leasehold reform act
Mark Chick from the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) says new leasehold and freehold reform makes the law 'more uncertain'.
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Propertymark Past President standing for Reform UK
Industry figure and letting agent, Maxine Fothergill is contesting a Conservative 'safe seat' – Old Bexley and Sidcup – in Thursday's General Election.
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Labour to reverse Tory Stamp Duty ‘relief” for first time buyers
Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves confirm threshold at which duty is paid will reduce from £425,00 to £300,000 in April and reveal plans to revisit Green Belt policy.
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Will the VAT on school fees debate result in a pass or fail for Sir Keith?
Glentree boss Trevor Abrahmsohn casts his acerbic eye over the school fees debate and argues that the VAT issue may well lead to an academic ‘fail’ for the country rather than an ‘A star grade’.
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Starmer makes ban on Section 21 evictions key election pledge
Labour Leader Keir Starmer said his party would make a ban on S21 'no fault' evictions a priority if it wins the Election.
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Conditional selling by estate agents has ‘got to stop’
Campaigning brokerage group boss Karl Wilkinson says the practice is unlawful and unfair to buyers looking for mortgages.
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Savills slammed over property image that has cost news website dearly
A not-for-profit news site is facing a £460 bill for an image it was sent six years ago by the estate agency to promote a listing.
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BLOG: ‘The burdens of material information rules will get lighter’
Landmark boss Ben Robinson says that despite the requirements of the new rules being burdensome, technology is coming to the rescue.
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