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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‘Experienced’ Pennycook appointed as Housing Minister
MP for Greenwich and Woolwich, who won a huge majority on Thursday, has been involved in Labour housing policy and parliamentary debates since 2021.
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Goodbye Rishi… Industry welcomes Labour victory but has ‘concern’ over policies
With a majority of 171, Labour will have a free hand to remould the housing market - but will it be good news for the property industry?
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Labour landslide sees all Tory housing ministers lose their seats
While Michael Gove decided not to stand, his three housing ministers Jacob Young, Lee Rowley and Felicity Buchan all lost their seats.
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Charge CGT on primary residences to halt house price spiral, says agent
Henry Pryor believes taxing unearned profits on owning your home is a fair way to raise revenue – but that Stamp Duty should be scrapped.
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Business as usual? Industry seniors give views on a likely Labour government
Jeremy Gee, Mark Pollack and Peter Wetherell reveal a surprisingly wide range of views about how comforable they are about Keir Starmer having power over the housing market.
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‘Most landlords back rent controls of some kind’ reveals agency poll
Leaders Romans Group's Allison Thompson, says latest poll of landlords finds them surprisingly accepting of rent controls, which a Labour government is likely to consider.
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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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