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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Trading Standards to be quizzed by agents over ‘material information’ changes
Webinar this week will enable the industry to probe NTSELAT over its requirement that property portal listings include proscribed information from May onwards.
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LATEST: Judge in troubling Tenant Fees Act case allows eviction but sticks to ‘odd’ view
Two weeks ago judge said eviction could not proceed as he considered deposit alternative scheme fee to be 'prohibited payment'
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Letting agents given six months more to prepare for Right to Rent changes
Interim rules that enabled agents to do checks online and using video have been extended until 30th September to give them 'time to adjust'.
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Conveyancing expert reveals ‘alarming’ new trend within property searches
Kate Bould of IndexPi says councils are making it hard for local searches to pick up on some roads being built near properties.
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New ‘material information’ portal rules – industry reaction
Read the views of the key players in the industry and government about the latest initiative to give buyers and tenants more information up-front before they transact.
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New rules for ‘material information’ on property portals revealed
National Trading Standard's industry team reveals first phase of required info including tenure type, price/rent and council tax rate, which plans to back it up with legislation.
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Estate agents slam London mayor over claims rent controls will help tenants
Over the weekend Propertymark has made the unusual move to warn Sadiq Khan that rent controls will lead to fewer properties and lower standards within the PRS.
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Bristol to lead nationwide effort to bring in rent controls for PRS
Local housing chief is to lobby Ministers to be given rent control powers, and wants to connect up liked-minded cities across the UK.
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Accidental landlords ‘will not have to pay cladding remediation costs’
Housing secretary decides to include landlords with one or two properties within the £4bn fund scheme, but not those with larger portfolios.
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Romans amends lettings contracts following TPO adjudication and award to landlord
Estate agency chain alters its paperwork after landlord wins compensation over 'misleading' wording called out by TPO and Trading Standards.
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