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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Leading conveyancing firm to pay £232,500 fine over AML failings
London-based law firm Mishcon de Reya to pay penalty set by SRA after it admitted AML lapses including three property transactions.
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Estate agent’s mate who assaulted Whitty ‘faces jail’ says judge
Jonathan Chew, who with friend Lewis Hughes assaulted the Chief Medical Officer last July, has been told he must wear a tag until his next hearing later this month.
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Leading agent warns tenants not to use social media to find rental homes
David Alexander comments after Times reported highlights how Scotland's ambiguous laws make it easier for landlords to offer sex-for-rent property.
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Lifetime deposits ‘not answer to tenant affordability issues’, say industry leaders
Representatives of Rightmove, Propertymark and the NRLA say government aims are laudable but lifetime deposits will be difficult to bring in.
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Government ‘evaluating reservation agreements’ as tool to stop gazumping
Housing minister Chris Pincher says voluntary reservation agreements would only be successful if backed by estate agents.
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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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