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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Ministers urged by estate agents to make business rates exemption permanent
Propertymark says the temporary arrangements brought in during Covid that put branches on same footing as shops should carry on.
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Hybrid lettings agency warned after landlord complaint
Landlord claimed information about both Howsy's new app and subscription services were misleading.
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New eviction hurdles causing significant court delays, claims expert
Paul Shamplina says the Review Hearings brought in by the government recently are proving to be a big hurdle for agents and landlords to leap.
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Managing agents back MPs calling on government to pay for cladding failures
ARMA says housing committee's response to draft Building Safety Bill - including call for Ministers to bankroll tower upgrades - is right.
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Beware selling leasehold apartments as ‘ideal for Airbnb’ says expert
David Keighley warns that the growing body of legal precedent points to Airbnb and leasehold apartments not being compatible.
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Guest post: Critics of leasehold miss the mark
Leaseholds have been painted as the villain of the cladding and ground rent scandals, but it is government inaction over many years which is the root cause.
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Lenders refuse to back cladding initiative to help 450,000 trapped owners sell
Banks and building societies say they weren't consulted on EWS1 form exemption announcement made over weekend by government.
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Trading Standards boss warns estate agents over in-house referral fees
James Munro of NTSELAT says government is mulling over how to ensure agents' client understand how referrals work.
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Government launches ‘risky’ plan to link EPCs to mortgage lending
NAEA boss Mark Hayward says proposals to make lenders put EPCs at heart of their lending would endanger housing market.
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Rightmove’s ‘downtrodden dad’ TV ad isn’t sexist, says regulator
Advertising Standards Authority says portrayal of daughters, mum and chore-avoiding dad draws on stereotypes but was 'not harmful'.
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