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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Buyer successfully appeals £168,000 HMRC bill for ‘uninhabitable’ property
David Hannah says his client's case fuels debate about the ‘uninhabitable’ definition and has slammed HMRC, The Law Society and the Chartered Institute of Taxation for deterring tax claims.
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Money laundering and AML compliance failures ‘plague the UK’
SmartSearch looked at 16,150 AML events across the globe between 2013 and 2023 to determine which are most prominent.
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Letting agents blamed for rise in ‘bidding wars’ as ban proposed
Campaigner Tom Darling has blamed letting agents for prompting competitive bidding for properties, which he says is a 'disgraceful practice'.
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Letting agent warns Minister rent controls risk reducing investment
David Alexander has told Scots minister Paul McLennan that unless his Government's rent control plans are changed, investment cash will go elsewhere.
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Labour launches stinging attack on letting agents and landlords
Deputy leader Angela Rayner says her party will be 'the champion' of renters, and will ban Section 21 'no fault' evictions immediately as well as 'up front charges' such as holding deposits.
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London lettings agency tries to dodge £25,000 fine ‘by going bust’
Haringey Council worked with Companies House to prevent a letting firms declaring insolvency to avoid an HMO-related penalty.
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Nationalists propose rent controls in Wales
Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru risks angering landlords and letting agents by proposing a rent freeze or cap in its General Election manifesto.
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Starmer unveils Labour manifesto with promise to overhaul planning
Labour Leader Keir Starmer says his government would make a completely new approach to planning a priority if elected.
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BLOG: How will a Labour Government impact property investment?
With an election looming, property expert and trainer, Ritchie Clapson, speculates what a Labour Government could mean for landlords and investors.
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New tax break for landlords announced by PM
Rishi Sunak says a Conservative government will give landlords selling to existing tenants relief from Capital Gains Tax for two years.
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