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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Property experts rubbish Labour’s 25-year mortgage plan
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves believes longer-term loans could help buyers, but they won't work here property experts say.
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The Conveyancing Association updates its Estate Agent Best Practice Guide
The Guide was launched 10 years ago to help conveyancers and estate agents improve communication between firms.
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Agents at risk of fuelling sanction evasion by putting trust in long-term clients
SmartSearch boss Guy Harrison says estate agents, financial services firms and accountants rely too much on client relations over sanctions screening.
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Tribunal orders agent to repay ‘holding deposit’
RSB Estate Agents must pay a £500 deposit back to tenant Andrea Aakanksha after trying to add extra charges.
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Rogue landlords charter must be backed up, NRLA warns
Chris Norris, policy director at the NRLA, supports the landlords charter in Manchester, but says it must help owners of hardest-to-maintain properties.
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‘Our landlords want to sell up!’ say Scottish Propertymark members
The trade body tells Housing Minister Patrick Harvie that rent controls in Scotland are forcing landlords to sell up and leave the market.
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Lords weigh in on scrapping Stamp Duty for downsizers
Report, sponsored by Lords Mandelson and Heseltine, says older downsizers should be exempt from Stamp Duty – but second homeowners should be financially penalised.
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BLOG: ‘We’ve got the Renters (Reform) Bill – now we need a Landlords Reform Bill’
LRG's lettings boss Allison Thompson says a Bill would recognise landlords' essential role in preventing homelessness and provide necessary safeguards.
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Lax attitudes to GDPR compliance ‘putting tenants at risk’
ICO warns all operators within the housing sector including landlords, agents and housing associations, to comply or face consequences.
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Two property firms investigated over property advertising
The Advertising Standards Authority looked at complaints about ads made against BTL specialist RW Invest UK and agency giant Sequence.
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