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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Rent guarantee agency kicked out of TPO over £6,374 unpaid award
Case highlights the problems for landlords, agents and tenants when rent guarantee contracts go wrong.
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EVICTIONS: Letting agents to wait up to 14 months to eject tenants, warns expert
Both Landlord Action and The Guild of Property Professionals have warned that landlords face a long wait to regain possession after Friday's government announcements.
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Two Countrywide staff avoid jail after £70k invoice and mileage fraud
Admin workers used fake invoices and false mileage claims through the company to complete the frauds.
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Shambolic evictions ban U-turn ‘not acceptable’ say landlords and agents
The government's decision to ignore its own advice and extend the stay on possession hearings has angered almost the entire private rental sector in one go.
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Robert Jenrick drops evictions bombshell including ban extension and six-month notice periods
Tenants are to be protected from eviction until 'at least' March 31st 2021 and possibly beyond, and even then mild rent arrears won't be prioritised.
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Rightmove warns agent over ongoing sophisticated phishing attack
Portal says agents have been reporting credible-looking emails being sent to them urging recipients to click through to a fake Rightmove website.
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Conveyancing solicitor struck off over stamp duty fraud
Munpreet Singh Virdee, a now former director of Reemans Solicitors, began under-declaring stamp duty payments made to him by clients in 2012.
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Purplebricks given largest ever AML fine for an estate agency
The hybrid's sloppy compliance procedures are slammed by HMRC who have given the agency a larger fine than even Countrywide's £215,000 AML penalty of last year.
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Landlords fire latest salvo in eviction war of words as ban end looms
Landlords and tenants are squaring off this week as the end to the evictions ban looms just a week away - and many wonder if the government will extend it.
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Solicitors’ regulator closes down 16-branch conveyancing group
Group with four trading names and over 180 employees has been closed down after suspected staff dishonesty and a failure to comply with regulatory rules.
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