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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England’s 1.5 million private landlords to join compulsory redress scheme
Shock announcement is part of significant widening of redress scheme membership for landlords, student housing providers, new homes developers and park home operators.
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Mayor of London makes rent controls central plank of re-election bid
Sadiq Khan says he wants to be given greater powers to regulate the capital's private rented housing sector ahead of his 2020 re-election campaign.
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Tenant Fees Bill clears final parliamentary hurdle
A clear majority of MPs vote to push the Tenant Fees Bill through its final debate in the Commons and it will now receive Royal Assent.
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Secretary of State green lights another To Let board ban
Letting agents in five mainly students areas of Lincoln will in April onwards not be able to use signboards outside homes.
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Landlord loses case for £4 million after dramatic fire damages seven flats
Legal tussle between freeholder and apartment leaseholder ends with claims for refurbishment costs and lost rent rejected by judge.
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Tenant Fees ban: landlords will absorb extra costs
The tenant fees ban is great news for tenants, but landlords will be the ones who will cover the costs of setting up a tenancy.
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Tenant Fees Ban – “A watershed moment”
Did the Government, just before the Brexit vote yesterday afternoon, sneak this game-changing news in hoping we wouldn’t notice?
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Tenant fees ban – just 135 days to go
Following the Third Reading in the House of Lords and the Bill is likely to receive Royal Assent in the coming weeks and come into force on 1st June.
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£2 million for councils to crackdown on rogue landlords
Reacting to recent reports that councils aren’t taking enough enforcement action against ‘rogue’ landlords, an announcement has been made about further funding.
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Estate agent goes on the run after TPO refers him to Trading Standards
Lee Clarke runs Berkshire Estate Agents which owes local landlords and tenants thousands of pounds in deposits and rent.
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