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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Rogue landlords and agents database scope to be widened
Consultation is launched on widening prospective tenants' and letting agents' access the Rogue Landlord Database.
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Redress scheme issues £3000 fine and a warning for estate and letting agents
Tribunal penalises letting agency for having inadequate cover for the full extent of its operation.
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Money laundering: SmartSearch says estate agency is its fastest growing client sector
Under the threat of huge fines from HMRC, agents are using all means to comply with stringent anti-money laundering regulations.
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Government consults on sweeping eviction reforms despite industry scepticism
Housing secretary James Brokenshire says he wants to consult on measures such as abolishing Section 21 notices and fixed-term tenancies before they are introduced next year.
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Forget to provide an EPC? Then you could be added to rogue database under new proposals
Not providing an EPC or failing to deal with mice are among many reasons government is proposing to add a letting agent to its rogue database.
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Worried by ROPA? Don’t panic – more regulation is good for professionals
Industry leaders support an initiative to create a stronger property industry that will exclude rogue operators.
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New regulations to cover overseas and online agents, auctioneers, property guardians and rent-to-rent firms
ROPA working group proposals to government published today reveal much wider scope of regulation that just high street sales and lettings agents.
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Regulation is coming! Minimum qualifications and code of practice a step closer today
Following delivery of working group's report on how agents should be regulated including minimum qualification standards, next step towards legislation is due today.
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Sequence changes Rightmove listing after complaint
Estate agency chain Sequence must update its property listings faster when properties are no longer available to buy, the ASA says.
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Revealed: ‘Intermediaries’ who demand bribes to seal property deals for wealthy clients
London sales and letting agency warns that 'greedy and unethical' demands by wealthy house hunters' gofers are dramatically increasing in size and frequency.
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