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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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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Ministers warned of impending Right to Rent ‘disaster’ when Covid ends
ARLA Propertymark has written to the Home Office to highlight how Right to Rent checks could fall apart once Covid ends.
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Finally! Government releases details of rules when evictions can proceed
Landlords facing huge losses and non-paying tenants can now evict under a limited number of circumstances including nine months' rent arrears.
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Boris executes U-turn over controversial house building algorithm
Government says it has listened to the many MPs whose rural constituencies would have seen 'rapid urbanisation' if the algorithm had been used.
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Watch out, there’s a locked-door inspector about!
Warning comes from Guild after member was threatened with a fine after operating their branch with an unlocked front door.
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Cladding latest: Homes England insists on Help to Buy apartment mortgage rules
Properties trapped by the cladding scandal cannot be sold for less than their 'unaffected' value, says Homes England.
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