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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Evictions: Mediation ‘must not replace legal advice’ for tenants
Legal chief says that while ensuring landlords and tenants talk when arrears become a problem is good, it's no replacement for proper advice during evictions.
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Lettings industry braces for end to evictions ban after Bank Holiday
Agents will be free to finalise evictions of tenants with rent arrears and also properties belonging to landlords seeking to sell up.
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‘Landlords should compensate tenants when they ask them to leave’
Campaign group Generation Rent has published key changes to private rental market ahead of government's promised White Paper.
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Tenants facing ‘No DSS’ bans told to complain via agent’s redress scheme
Eddie Hughes hopes official schemes can arbitrate on discrimination cases but our research shows very few tenants use them for this purpose.
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Guest blog: More details of Government’s KYC digital identity revolution
Expert Alastair Johnson outlines the latest initiatives being revealed by the Land Registry as it seeks to tighten up on digital identity checks.
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Lettings agent banned from being director for seven years
Ghanshyam Sarup Batra was found to have transferred company funds into his personal account despite a receiver having been appointed for his collapsed property firm.
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New industry council launched to kick-start commonhold revolution
Experts, campaigners and trade associations are being brought together to advise and promote commonhold, Housing Secretary has revealed.
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Government reveals evictions ban relaxation roadmap
Housing minister says bailiff evictions can restart on 1st June along with a raft of other changes to the current repossession restrictions.
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Rightmove to ‘incentivise’ full tenure disclosure in listings from July onwards
Portal's initiative comes just a few weeks after Trading Standards launched its consultation on 'material information' within listings.
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RICS calls for estate agents to adopt UPRNs as take-up remains ‘patchy’
Disliked by some as 'snooping' but heralded as a silver bullet for many of the industry's data and compliance challenges, UPRNs will become widespread soon.
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