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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Government property portal to crack down on rogue landlords
Data on the portal will be publicly available for all to see and help drive rogue landlords out of the sector.
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Eddie Hughes MP, Housing Minister and renters reform White Paper architect resigns
The Minister for Housing who has been steering the draft of the White Paper on reform of the PRS, has resigned.
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Landlords reject Government plan for decent homes in PRS
The NRLA says new laws are unnecessary as the existing regulations should be enforced first.
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Countrywide in the dock again for ‘conditional selling’ of in-house services
Subsidiary of estate agency giant admits some agents can be ‘over-exuberant’ and ‘push too hard on in house sales’.
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Countrywide agency overturns order to pay landlord lost rent in visa row
Slater Hogg and Howison appealed against a tribunal decision that it breached the letting agent code.
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Agent sentenced for threatening to kill fellow directors hauled back before court
A judge summoned Gareth Wills to reappear after breaching a restraining order within minutes of leaving the court.
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Propertymark warns renters reforms would force landlords out of PRS
The Government's white paper proposals would mean fewer homes to rent as landlords leave the market, the association says.
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Estate agency founder threatened to kill fellow directors, court hears
Gareth Wills created videos warning his colleagues they must pay him money he said they owed him.
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LEGAL: Landlord ordered to repay rent after letting agent’s error
The agent failed to tell the landlord their property should be licensed, and the Property Tribunal made an order against the landlord.
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‘Government’s renting reform plans will damage the HMO sector’
Emma Cullen, MD of Platinum Property Partners , says 'no fault' evictions ban, pet rights and periodic tenancies are all 'bad ideas'.
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