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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Minister warns estate agents over retirement sales brochures
Housing minister tells MP that details of event fees must be 'crystal clear' when properties are marketed by estate agents and developers.
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Now them too! Looming NI law promises more regulation of letting agents
PRS legislation and agent regulation proposals going through NI parliament will see the country catch up with England, Wales and Scotland.
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Student lettings firm told to give competition winner her prize
Homes For Students is told by advertising industry watchdog to comply with the T&Cs of its own promotional competition.
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Letting agents still entering properties without permission, claims report
Shelter poll reveals 45% of private tenants witnessed illegal behaviour by agents and landlords during tenancies.
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Phew! Letting agents welcome return to pre-Covid eviction rules on 1st October
Propertymark says its members are relieved that the government is sticking to its promise to return the evictions system to normal.
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ARPM latest: ‘Property management firms need greater independent oversight’
Robert May, who has many decades' experience in rent payment procedures and technology, says companies like ARPM have been allowed to carry on for too long largely unsupervised.
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Homes under the Hammer property developer banned for nine years
Norman Thornton appeared in famous TV series but now cannot be company director until 2030 after hiding cash from creditors.
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Government rejects calls for changes to Tenant Fees Act on pet deposits
But Propertymark has warned ministers that the legislation needs revisiting because it makes renting to tenants with pets more difficult.
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ARPM LATEST: Insolvency practitioner confirms firm has ‘ceased trading’
Troubled property management firm faces being put into liquidation, says Umang Patel.
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Estate agent awarded £185,000 following high-profile sex discrimination case
Alice Thompson said Manors' inability to offer her flexible hours when returned from maternity was discriminatory, although other claims were dismissed.
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