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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Major shared ownership provider has Tube ad poster banned
Notting Hill housing association told not to repeat 'misleading' ad that made comparisons between the monthly cost of paying rent and paying a mortgage.
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Estate agents must step up to mark on money laundering, says senior government crime expert
Number of Suspicious Activity Reports from agents has increased but still represents a tiny proportion of all reports filed alongside those from banks and accountants.
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Supreme Court judgement backs estate agent in ground breaking contract battle
Five senior judges have thrown out an appeal by a developer who believed he didn't have to pay an estate agent a £42,000 fee.
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London borough prepares for total estate agency boards ban
Camden Council is polling residents about the ban, which if approved could see all boards removed from its streets.
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There’s no going back: Tenant Fees Bill receives Royal Assent
The Queen has signed the Tenant Fees Bill, which will come into effect on June 1st this year, although guidance on how it is to be implemented is expected to be published before that.
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London property firm fined £30,000 over three unlicensed HMOs
Crown Managed Properties and director Elliot Gambino must pay £5,000 each for the three properties after dawn raids that found shocking conditions.
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Letting agents using clandestine inventory companies to sidestep fees ban, says trade body
AIIC says tenants are already being offered inventories by 'independent' inventory that in reality are owned by the agent involved.
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Corruption activists say UK crime agency should investigate estate agency in Filat case
Estate agent that took £390,000 advanced rent for London flat from son of jailed former Moldavian Prime Minister should be quizzed, says Global Witness.
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Welsh tenant fees ban to become law in September, First Minister reveals
First Minister confirms 'very likely' date for tenant fees ban legislation to go live during meeting at student's union in Cardiff.
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Rent controls in London…?
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced that he will develop a new blueprint for rent controls in the Capital.
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