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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Letting agents are ignoring ‘No DSS’ court case decision at their peril, warns Shelter
Despite warning, Propertymark says failings of the Universal Credit payment system are the root cause of discrimination among landlords and letting agents.
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Welsh eviction changes ‘silly’ and benefits for tenants ‘illusory’ says legal expert
David Smith has made the controversial remarks in a blog written for JMW Solicitors, who he works for after leaving Anthony Gold earlier this year.
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Lettings drive 77% of all complaints about estate agents, says PRS
Redress scheme also says its membership has increased by 50% over the past 12 months, as more and more agents joined Brexit despite the fees ban and other industry headwinds.
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Estate agent fined £5,000 over AML failures but escapes being named
Company in British Overseas Territory Gibraltar to pay penalty after ignoring requests to comply with Anti Money Laundering regulations.
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Estate agents face more AML costs as HMRC seeks £100m industry contribution
Consultation launched this week and due to close in October will see property industry shoulder part of 'cash grab' by government to fund better AML effort.
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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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