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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LATEST: Taylor Wimpey agrees to free leaseholders from ground rent nightmare
Major house builder is latest to help its former customers as the CMA investigation into unfair leasehold practices and miss-selling rumbles on.
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Legal firm says Simplify group action to focus on ‘huge’ potential GDPR breach
Legal firm behind group says Simplify faces a GDPR 'nightmare' and confirms first 50 home movers have signed up.
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Time to stamp out dodgy rent-to-rent agents, says TV star
Paul Shamplina says growing problem of dodgy 'guaranteed rent' operators gives good agents a bad name and makes evictions very difficult.
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Guild says new Zero Deposit service will boost demand for members
Trade group boss Iain McKenzie says new offering will widen the potential pool of tenants who can afford the rent but may not have a deposit to hand.
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Purplebricks share price hits all-time low as deposits debacle rumbles on
New details have also emerged of the extent to which its tenancy deposit paperwork has proven to have been incomplete or lodged too late.
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SmartSearch strikes AML customer verification deal with Zoopla
The Leeds-based tech platform is is now providing its customer aml verification system to Zoopla's could-based software Alto.
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RoPA-style regulation of estate agents in Jersey backed by trade body
Propertymark says current situation on the island leaves consumers vulnerable to bad practice and questionable standards.
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LATEST: Purplebricks admits ‘deposits glitch’ fines could total £9m
Purplebricks is investigating the matter and talking to tenants but says bill will be much less than the £30m quoted by a national newspaper.
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Government criticised for ‘piecemeal’ regulation of the private rented sector
Official report by National Audit Office says local and national policing of letting agents, landlords and properties remains inconsistent and patchy.
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Court orders letting agents to pay landlord £54,000 following eviction battle
Landlord Max Christian is to be paid the cash which is made up of rent arrears, damages and costs in relation to a NW London flat.
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