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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Estate and letting agents urged to keep a lookout for cannabis farms
Cannabis farms pose a serious threat to the neighbourhoods where they occur as there is a high risk of fatal fires as electricity meters are often bypassed and overloaded.
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Landlords will struggle to hit looming EPC regulations in race against time
Ben Thompson of Mortgage Advice Bureau says proposed changes to the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard regulation, mean rental properties will need an EPC rating of at least C by 2028.
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Renters’ Reform Bill: Industry reaction
No-fault evictions will be abolished and tenants will allowed to have pets with a new landlords ombudsman appointed to provide quick resolutions to disputes.
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Douglas & Gordon facing questions over compliance record
The company's sales arm, which was bought from administration by CEO James Evans, may not be following AML and GDPR rules, it is suggested.
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Foxtons ramps up property licensing compliance with tech deal
The London estate agency is to work with licensing experts Kamma to help individual branches avoid fines.
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Section 21 WILL be abolished as Renters’ Reform Bill finally published
Government introduces landmark reforms to deliver fairer Private Rented Sector for tenants and landlords who will be able to recover their properties more easily from anti-social tenants.
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Property tribunals guilty of ‘gross invasions of landlord privacy’
A leading property lawyer attacks the First Tier Tribunal in Scotland for requiring landlords to provide personal information.
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Government ‘to cap ground rent’ as plans to scrap leasehold abandoned
New rules on leasehold to be introduced after Michael Gove forced to U-turn on his pledge to scrap the system.
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Rogue designer landlord strikes again and fined £7,500 after changing door code
The landlord let a room in a house she owns in Cheltenham but changed the agreed terms regarding when the tenant could and couldn’t stay and what was included in the rent.
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Capital Gains Tax receipts rocket as buy-to-let landlords offload property
New figures from HMRC reveal that the taxman collected £18.1 billion in CGT in 2022/23 and means the public now pay more CGT than the hated Stamp Duty.
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