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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Furious agent says Chancellor incompetent over Stamp Duty change
Sophie Arnold has written to her local MP over the Chancellor’s immediate introduction of a higher Stamp Duty rate for additional dwellings.
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Wales to treat HMOs as single dwellings for council tax
Propertymark’s Tim Thomas has welcomed the Welsh Government’s proposal to treat Houses of Multiple Occupation as single dwellings with a single Council Tax bill.
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Mandatory use of controversial TA6 form delayed AGAIN
The Law Society says it needs more time to consider responses to a consultation on an updated TA6, which some conveyancers believe exposes them to legal liability.
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‘Criminal’ landlord trio hit with huge £450k HMO fine
A group of three West Northants landlords have together been fined a total of £452,796 for a series of unlicensed and unsafe HMOs.
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First letting agents join official scheme to tackle damp and mould
Property firms in Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire have committed to helping improve conditions within homes in the region.
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Minister confirms plan to make landlords fill empty shops
Housing minister Alex Norris says Labour will enact the Tory policy, which was first revealed in May this year.
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Government slams ‘unacceptably slow’ cladding removal work
Building Safety Minister Alex Norris promises work will speed up, as spending watchdog NAO finds more than half of the buildings still not even identified.
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Amendment to Renters’ Rights Bill to double licensing to ten years
The CIEH, which has sponsored the amendment, says selective and HMO licensing schemes should be put on a more permanent footing.
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Big council hits HMO landlord couple with £18,000 fine
Landlords Colin and Susan Woodward have been given an £18,000 fine by Dagenham Council after they refused to stop using their property as an HMO.
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Labour’s LHA rates freeze will ‘hurt most vulnerable tenants’ says NRLA
Comments follow Minister Liz Kendall's announcement that a controversial freeze of local housing allowance rates will last until at least April 2026.
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