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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‘Don’t U-turn on possession hearings again’, letting agents tell government
Trade association has written to the housing minister to make the case for possession hearing re-starting on Monday.
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EVICTIONS: Letting agents must now give six months’ notice of evictions until 30th March 2021 in Wales
Housing minister says tenants can be given shorter notice periods but only if they are involved in anti-social behaviour or domestic violence.
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TV star calls on government to fix the growing leaseholder cladding scandal
Phil Spencer says hundreds of thousands of apartment owners face a bleak future including not being able to sell or remortgage their homes.
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Propertymark slams new evictions rules as ‘moving the goal posts’
Trade associations says new 'Christmas truce' and ban on evictions within local lock-downs will be difficult to implement for many letting agents.
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All lettings agents to face mandatory PRS registration, former ombudsman says
Report by Lewis Shand Smith and a major housing policy think tank proposes several radical changes for agents and landlords within the private rented sector.
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Midlands estate agency faces paying damages following ‘No DSS’ court case
Paul Carr Estate Agents has been found 'unlawfully discriminatory' after telling a disabled house hunter it had a blanket 'No DSS' policy.
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Relief for letting agents over Pooled Client Accounts following breakthrough
The PCAs required by agents to comply with CMP regulations have proved difficult to open because they have been deemed to be higher risk.
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Give tenants Covid rent relief, letting agents tell government
ARLA Propertymark says the Johnson government must follow the Welsh and Scottish governments and set up a tenant relief fund soon.
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Four major house builders under investigation for leasehold mis-selling
Five months after saying it would look into the scandal, the CMA says the firms to be probed are Barratt Developments, Countryside Properties, Persimmon Homes and Taylor Wimpey.
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Report slams agents, landlords and portals for rising criminal activity in PRS
Journeys in the Shadow Private Rented Sector shines a light on the largely invisible world of harassment, violence and scams faced by poorer tenants.
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