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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Net zero by 2050? Here’s how housing will get there
A major initiative in the housing sector launches today at The Retrofit Challenge conference, outlining a roadmap to Net Zero for all houses in the UK.
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Spring Statement – big talk, little action
The Spring Statement was delivered by Chancellor Sunak, on a backdrop of war in Europe, rising inflation, interest rates and a worsening energy crisis. What was in it for property?
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Updated: Spring Statement preview – is Rishi listening?
The Spring Statement will be made on the backdrop of war in Europe, rampant inflation and an energy and cost of living crisis. Will property's cries for help be heard above the rest? As the BPF and Propertymark say, we can but hope.
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Legal responsibilities flummox Resident Directors
A new survey reveals nearly 90% of those legally responsible for residential developments are out of their depth.
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‘Thousands’ of leaseholders freed to sell or remortgage their homes, CMA reveals
Competition regulator has secured agreement to cancel dodgy 'doubling ground rent' clauses from leaseholds from 15 companies who bought freeholds from developer Countrywide.
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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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