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 meets key industry players to discuss discriminatory ‘No DSS’ lettings adverts
Downing Street round-table concludes with promise by lender Metro Bank to stop preventing landlords from renting out properties to those on benefits.
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Tenant fees ban: warning issued about deposits and first month’s rent
Tenant Fees Act prohibits agents waiting until funds have cleared from a tenant's bank account before they issue a contract, as many do at the moment.
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CMA investigation into mis-sold leaseholds begins in earnest
Regulator says it will be looking at both unfair contract terms and mis-sold leaseholds and will be contacting those involved within the property industry soon.
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Political change: catalyst for buy to let revision?
After the Conservative Leader election, Andrew Turner, Chief Executive at Commercial Trust, wonders if there is a future for Buy to Let ?
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Land for the many, a political plan too far? A poor reception for Jeremy Corbyn’s latest report
Few in the property business would applaud his slogan taken from ‘The Masque of Anarchy’ written 200 years ago.
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Is it a vote-winner? Labour plans to replace Stamp Duty and council tax
Should there be a general election anytime soon, voting homeowners may want to take note of Jeremy Corbyn’s plans to scrap council tax and replace it with a ‘progressive property tax’.
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Labour MP to introduce Private Members Bill to reform management fees
Preet Kaur Gill's bill will require private unadopted housing estate management firms to justify and explain their fees.
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Government publishes updated rental forms for tenant fees ban at last moment
Updated mandatory How to Rent guide for tenants and Section 21 advice were published 60 seconds before the tenant fees ban went live on Saturday.
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Tenant fees ban will spark tenant referencing crisis, say landlords
NLA claims many letting agents are planning to stop providing tenant references for former renters to landlords and other agencies in a bid to cut costs.
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Countdown to the fees ban: ‘rents already rising and more landlords selling up’
ARLA says 'predicted' effect of tenant fees ban has already been felt within the private rented sector just hours ahead of its introduction.
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