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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Renting reform White Paper lands and it’s more radical than expected
The bombshell document's 12-point plan includes significant changes for letting agents including how they deal with ASTs, pets, rent rises, and benefits tenants.
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EXCLUSIVE: Agents worried by ‘under-hand’ compliance email from Trading Standards
Agents in Home Counties being targeted by Trading Standards email suggesting they are non-compliant and should complete £150 course.
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AML checks attributed to foreign buyers hits all-time low
Data from the anti-money laundering checks provider had previously revealed that these checks had hit a record high during the first quarter of this year.
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Historic ‘new deal’ for renters ushers in huge changes for agents
Proposals will include controversial plan to give tenants 'legal right' to live with their pet in rented accommodation.
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Government proposes mandated disabled access for rented accommodation
Minister Kemi Badenoch has begun consultation over controversial proposals to force landlords and agents over disabled rules.
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BLOG: Rental deposits have come a long way in FIFTEEN years
MD of the DPS Matt Trevett recounts how his organisations has played a leading role in developing one of the major reforms of the private rental sector.
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Minister pushes back date for publication of Renters’ Reform Bill proposals
Eddie Hughes drops references to 'this Spring' in Parliament and says announcement is now due during 'this session' of Parliament.
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Government approves first digital Right to Rent identity providers
The Post Office and Yoti have been given the green light to certify digital identities for Right to Rent and Right to Work schemes.
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Campaigner rebuts Propertymark’s big ‘rental shortage’ claims
Dan Wilson Craw of campaign group Generation Rent disagrees with several of the key points claimed by agents in the report.
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Trading Standards ‘right’ to warn industry over POA ads, says leading agent
Jan Hytch of Arnold Keys also says she supports NTSELAT's plans to tackle practice of putting 'OIEO' or 'guide price' in property ads.
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