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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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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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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