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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Agents vs conveyancers – debate rages on over upfront information
Quentin Thatcher of Fells challenges conveyancers who say making upfront info mandatory won't work, saying "this surely can only help".
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Letting agency in hot water over treatment of disabled tenant
Wheelchair user demands £9,000 compensation after claiming his home was wrongly advertised as accessible, leaving him trapped, exhausted and reliant on carers.
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Ditch mandatory upfront information plan, conveyancers urge
The Conveyancing Task Force tells the Government that a voluntary scheme would be much better and that digitisation is not the answer to all problems.
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This is what I’ve seen during 50 years in the property industry
Industry heavyweight looks back on five decades of change – from the march of technology to the growing list of regulations.
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Bring in rent controls or risk electoral backlash, Labour warned
Generation Rent tells Labour it risks losing traditionally safe urban seats if it continues to resist caps on rent increases.
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CLAIM: Vendors need ‘bigger data role’ in conveyancing process
Seller-controlled data is key to cutting delays in Government reforms of the buying process, according to the Residential Logbook Association (RLBA).
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Getting to exchange taking longer, new data shows
Figures from TwentyEA reveal the time it takes UK home movers to reach exchange is over four months.
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Sign of the times? Another council to ban sales and lettings boards
Epping Forest is the latest council to consider banning estate agents’ boards in a long-running battle with estate agents.
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Petition forces big council fast-track HMO clampdown
Local anger over parking, waste and anti-social behaviour around HMOs forces Medway Council to speed up plans for tougher controls.
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Tenant activists invade letting agency’s branch and quiz staff
Renter accuses estate agency of letting her pay communal electricity bill for nearly two years.
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