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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New cladding scheme to release ‘thousands’ of properties into sales market
New indemnity insurance scheme will cover surveyors who complete cladding inspections of towers, and ease the logjam.
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Belvoir branch punished by TPO after refusing to pay award
The Property Ombudsman blacklists a branch of Belvoir after it fails to pay a landlord for management failures.
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UPDATED: Trading Standards releases full details of ‘material information’ rules
New NTSELAT guidance follows months of collaboration between redress schemes, property portals and government.
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Industry ‘selling homes’ jargon too confusing for consumers – claim
Tim Main of PiP says industry needs to get together to establish the most accurate phrases to use when claiming to 'sell a property'.
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EXCLUSIVE: Renting reforms must not be delayed, Propertymark CEO warns
Reforms will be rushed if there are not brought in soon, Emerson says, as government crisis threatens to cause chaos.
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RESIGN BORIS! 41 ministers leave as the Government goes into meltdown
Pushed before he jumped, Michael Gove has left the Government, following the resignation of DLUHC colleague Stuart Andrew – and what of the other property-related MPs?
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Carnage! Gove sacked as housing secretary hours after junior minister resigns
During a day of mass resignations across the Tory government including two housing ministers, the boss at DLUHC has gone too.
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Rightmove enforces new rules for listings as guidelines kick in
The portal has published its new requirements for listings in response to a national drive for improved information to help buyers.
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Tribunal orders letting agent to repay deposit after guarantor wrangle
A North London agency is told to give a deposit back after failing to give adequate reasons for withholding it.
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Man who changed agents’ valuation emails to keep down divorce costs is jailed
Emails from three estate agencies on Isle of Man were changed by Anthony Cooke and then submitted as court documents.
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