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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Historic estate agency asked to change property ads after complaint
Complaint to Advertising Standards Authority shows how careful estate agency listers have to be even when posting listings on own website.
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‘Further blow’: Government tightens evictions rules until 11th January
Ministers now tell High Court bailiffs to down tools, leaving agents and landlords with very few options unless a tenant is more than a year behind in rent.
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Insolvency figures ‘prove high street agency is in long-term decline’
Claim is made by online lettings platform Apropos which says Covid pandemic will only accelerate the trend.
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Industry faces too much regulation, claims leading regional agent
Sue, who with her partner John runs one of Belvoir’s most successful offices with 13 staff, slams the problems red tape causes for agents.
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Report slams lettings agents and landlords for making renting ‘unfair’
Nationwide and Shelter say the private rental sector including landlords and lettings agents need major surgery in order to tip the balance of power towards tenants.
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Leading housing figures rebuffed by government over evictions ban extension
Labour, Shelter and Generation Rent housing chiefs call for new possession hearings ban but government says existing measures suffice.
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RICS delays introduction of new compulsory survey rules ‘due to Covid’
Organisation says surveyors are too tied by 'upheavals' of Covid pandemic to implement huge changes to way surveys are marketed and conducted.
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RoPA: Latest update revealed by NAEA chief during webinar for agents
NAEA chief Mark Hayward has updated agents on the latest inside track on when and how RoPA qualifications and enforcement will work.
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Bailiff evictions halted in Tier 2 and Tier 3 areas, government confirms
Ministry of Justice has written to bailiff organisation to request that evictions are halted in top two risk areas until pandemic subsides.
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Wales confirms estate agency branches must close as part of ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown
Agents hoping they could keep their branches open to help facilitate sales, lettings and property management had their hopes dashed on Friday.
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