Regulation & Law
News articles looking at national legislation and local regulation and the application of law to the residential property industry.
-
Airbnb short-lets rules must be set locally not nationally, say agents
The trade body is pressing the Government to allow local authorities to decide if they need a short-term lets licensing scheme in their area.
Read More » -
Tenant ‘fair rent’ tribunal cases backfire with big rises
Renters often end up with even larger rent increases after a tribunal hearing than the landlord wanted, the i newspaper discovers.
Read More » -
Landlord with charity OBE fined £300,000 over ‘terrible’ properties
The respected businessman was given an OBE in 2011 for services to charity but that charity seems far from the homes that he rented out.
Read More » -
Five estate agencies expelled by Property Redress Scheme
The PRS has published its latest 'expulsion list' of agents who failed to comply with its rulings.
Read More » -
Letting agents urged by police chiefs to report cannabis farms
Police commissioners in the South West are urging landlords and letting agents to help them stop home cannabis cultivation.
Read More » -
Eviction hearings jump in Q1 ahead of Section 21 ban
Analysis of government stats by property software firm Veco shows a 16% leap in eviction cases reaching court.
Read More » -
Sadiq Khan wants London licensing scheme to clamp down on short-term lets
More than 80,000 properties are listed for short-term let in the Capital and London Mayor wants accountability and transparency from the sector.
Read More » -
Estate agency AML fines on the rise due to difficult market conditions
The average AML fine issued to estate agency businesses is £5,350 - a 49% increase versus the average fine issued during the previous year.
Read More » -
Letting agent fined £18,000 for HMO licence breaches at crowded property
The inspecting officer also found evidence of overcrowding with a family – made up of two adults and three children – living in just one room.
Read More » -
Crackdown on insurance commissions could ‘devastate managing agents’
Property litigator Richard Glover warns agents could face disqualification from both the FCA and RICS for taking ‘secret commissions’.
Read More »