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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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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Landlord and estate agency change listings following complaints
Adverts appearing on Airbnb and Rightmove listed by a landlord and an agent prompt complaints from the public about their accuracy.
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Landlord wins public battle to get his Upad deposit via TDS
A landlord who lost his deposit after lettings agency Upad collapsed last year has finally won it back with help from a national newspaper.
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Council to revoke HMO licence of student lettings agency fined over safety failings
Lincoln council says student lettings specialist Loc8me and one of its director are not fit and proper to hold HMO licences.
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Amendments to bring in longer eviction notice periods laid before Parliament
Changes to government's Covid legislation give several concessions to agents and landlords looking to evict tenants, but still require a six-month notice period until March next year.
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Britain’s most notorious landlord serves eviction notices on all his tenants
Fergus Wilson makes the admission during a public spat between himself and a young couple over maintenance issues at their rented home in Kent.
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