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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Purplebricks told to pay tenants compensation after maintenance failings
TPO finds against the hybrid agency for failing to pass on maintenance requests to a landlord and appearing to ignore email from tenants requesting action.
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Another extension? Not Brexit – Housing Secretary pledges radical change to planning laws
Robert Jenrick reveals proposals to enable homeowners to add a two-storey extension to a detached home without planning permission.
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Airbnb launches charm offensive in Scotland after public outcry
Proposals submitted to country's government include landlord registration and planning requirement for properties rented out for longer than 140 days a year.
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Government was warned tenant fees bill would lead to pet rents, says legal expert
Tessa Shepperson says restrictive nature of legislation means landlords have no option but to charge pet rent now that all deposits are capped at five weeks.
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20% of sales agents not members of a CMP scheme
Research by Hamilton Fraser reveals that thousands of sales agents in the UK are trading illegally.
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Tenant fees ban: ‘a sledge hammer to miss an egg’
Leading lettings agent delivers withering verdict on the Tenant Fees Bill and its unintended consequences for the industry.
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Countrywide chain Beresford Adams and landlord together fined £30,000 over HMO
Wrexham council discovers that HMO is unlicensed and that conditions at the property include inadequate fire safety provision.
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Found: the court case used to compare Bojo to a ‘dodgy estate agent’ by John Major
The Negotiator has tracked down the 2008/9 Supreme Court case in New Zealand used by the former PM to accuse Johnson of breaching his 'fiduciary duties'.
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Two rogue estate agencies expelled by The Property Ombudsman
Unrelated estate agencies in London are kicked out after failing to pay awards to landlords and tenants totalling nearly £9,000.
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Liberal Democrats vote to scrap Section 21
Annother attack on the private rented sector, as the Liberal Democrat party conference passes its new policy, 'F44: Protecting Private Tenants'.
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