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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Evidence grows of weaker homebuyer demand
Adam Day, of EXP UK, says: "There's an element of buyers adopting a wait-and-see approach ahead of the Autumn Budget."
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Healey rules out big increase in Capital Gains Tax
Chancellor John Healey is reported to be set to ignore pleas from some Government colleagues to raise Capital Gains Tax significantly.
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Mansion Tax U-turn spares almost one in 10 London homes
Retaining the £2million Mansion Tax thresholds avoids drawing more homes into the controversial tax, says Yopa's Verona Frankish.
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Housing market support won’t work without Stamp Duty reform
More tax support is needed to help developers supply homes for people to buy, says Menzies’ Stephen Hemmings.
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Landlord fined £28,500 after leaving property in ‘shocking’ standard
Council inspectors found a vulnerable household was left with issues of damp, mould and no heating or hot water.
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Awaab’s Law set to be extended to private landlords
Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook says the Government is moving to extend Awaab’s Law to private landlords.
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Family home death tax exemption could ‘distort property market’
Financial expert Ian Dyall warns of unintended consequences of Tory calls for Inheritance Tax exemptions for family homes.
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The Property Ombudsman expels three property businesses
Three businesses expelled for £1,000 of owed awards as Lesley Horton of The Property Ombudsman warns paying redress is not optional.
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Badenoch vows to axe Inheritance Tax on family homes
"The next Conservative Government will legislate so nobody will ever pay Inheritance Tax on their family home," says Kemi Badenoch.
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Rent controls needed as existing reforms will ‘take years’, warn campaigners
Rent control is the one policy that can ease the pressure on renters right now, campaigners are saying.
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