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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Landlords seek to head off Welsh rent controls ahead of official announcement
NRLA says rent controls would make existing supply and affordability problems within Wales worse not better.
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New law forces foreign companies to reveal ‘beneficial owner’ of properties
Economic Crime act enables officials to halt sales, force foreign entities to register its beneficial owner and fine or imprison rule breakers.
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Liverpool agents face huge task of licensing thousands of landlord homes
The city's new selective licensing will start on 1st April covering some 45,000 rented properties, each requiring a separate application.
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Last bastion of unregulated estate agency in Britain set to fall into line
Jersey estate agents must sign up for redress, licensing and RoPA-style minimum qualifications, recommends influential government panel.
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Crackdown on Russia’s ‘London laundromat’ as bill rushed through parliament
Moves to crack down on Russian money in London are taking shape amid continuing anger at the level to which governments have allowed the capital to be used to launder cash from around the world.
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Developers must pay full cost of removing dangerous cladding, insists Gove
Developers must pay for work to remove dangerous cladding from medium-rise buildings, according to Housing Secretary Michael Gove.
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Bid to curtail eviction rights in Scotland challenged
Draconian measures designed to make it extremely difficult to evict a tenant for being in arrears have come under fire from Propertymark.
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Japanese knotweed arrives two weeks early in South-West
First Japanese knotweed shoots to emerge in 2022 have been spotted on the banks of the River Plym in Plymouth, Devon.
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Property register launched to stop foreign criminals laundering through UK
Much-delayed Register of Overseas Entities is given impetus by Ministers' desire to clamp down on Putin's wealthy supporters with homes in UK.
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Brokers: conditional selling is a ‘cancer in estate agency that needs to be addressed’
Several leading independent mortgage brokers have broken ranks to call out agents who employ conditional selling techniques, naming several leading brands.
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