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 agency business owners could face dividend shock
Treasury plans to hike dividend tax could wreak havoc with small business expansion plans as the government looks to bolster its coffers.
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Estate agent who stole £195,000 from employer avoids prison
Employee Ryan Freeman who stole £195,000 from Jan Forster Estates is spared jail.
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Tax breaks for holiday lets ‘should be scrapped’, Government is told
The OTS says the Government should abandon tax relief on holiday homes or at least tighten the rules.
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Bankrupt landlord jailed for hiding rental property from trustees
A bankrupt from Leamington Spa has been jailed for eight months after he failed to disclose rental property to his trustees.
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Regional lettings agency under the competition spotlight
Agency Loc8me has been thrown under the spotlight after local students claim staff member admitted talking to competitors over fees.
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High Court shutters rogue financial investment companies
The Sentor group of companies has been wound up by the High Court after fleecing property investors of £2.4m.
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‘Lost opportunity’: Exclusive industry reaction to ending of Help to Buy
The Help to Buy scheme comes to an end today, but while most agents should be happy with what has been delivered, it was also an opportunity lost for thousands.
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Surveyors to change advice on controversial spray foam insulation
The trade body for independent surveyors has retracted its guidance, and is working with manufacturers to reissue it.
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Rent controls were a disaster for the PRS during the 1980s, warns ex-agent MP
Kevin Hollinrake, founder of Hunters, says his experience of the policy 40 years ago should be a warning for those campaigning to re-introduce them.
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‘Rogue agent’ now banged up and to be sentenced on Friday
Former Falmouth-based lettings director Gareth Wills who had previously been given a suspended prison sentence after threatening to kill fellow directors is now banged up.
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