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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Minister rejects evictions ban extension and heralds new ‘pre-action’ rules
Housing minister says new requirements for landlords prior to a possession starting will protect tenants from unwarranted eviction, despite Labour opposition to scheme.
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MPs accuse estate agents of being ‘de-facto enablers of the Russian state’
Comments are made within scathing report into the 'Russian problem' including how the property industry helps some Russians launder illicit funds in the UK.
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Purplebricks in trouble over fees claims on its own website
Advertising watchdog asks hybrid agency to amend its marketing after two complaints about text that claimed deferring payment was 'at no extra cost'.
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Huge shake-up of leasehold proposed by Law Commission
After years of debate and deliberations statutory body that works on legal improvements says system needs total overhaul.
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Here it is! First draft of industry-wide Code of Practice revealed
Steering committee behind new RoPA-inspired code says agents now have two months to comment before it starts setting the code in stone.
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Land Registry pays out £5.3 million in fraud and error compensation
Figures are published within its annual report for 2019/2020 during which official figures show rising levels of property and mortgage fraud.
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Camden gains even wider powers to ban ‘eyesore’ estate agency boards
Council can now ban estate agency boards in all conservation areas and town centres until 2030, and has also applied for borough-wide powers too.
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‘Developer’ who duped estate agents into helping him take millions from investors faces jail
Sanjiv Varma took £50,000 each from hundreds of investors for a student accommodation development at a site he did not own or have planning permission for.
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‘Sales and rent-back’ scandal firms thrown out of TPO in March
Two companies facing High Court proceeding and freezing orders were reported by TPO to Trading Standards at the start of lockdown, The Neg can reveal.
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Letting agents now face prosecution over ‘No DSS’ policies and adverts
Warning is made by housing charity Shelter following landmark case it helped mount at York County Court.
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