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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Estate agents heavily criticised by MPs within parliamentary report on AML
Report form Treasury Select Committee says agents are weakest link in fighting AML after hearing from NAEA Propertymark and National Crime Agency.
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Home Office given leave to appeal against High Court’s Right to Rent judgement
Just a week after the system was dammed by a High Court judge because it had lead to discrimination, the government is to attempt to overturn the judgement.
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Countrywide given £215,000 fine for not complying with AML rules
Troubled firm, which is about to publish its full 2018 results, has received the highest-ever published fine given to an estate agent.
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Government launches campaign to stamp out ‘No DSS’ lettings adverts
Housing Minister Heather Wheeler says she is to meet all the stakeholders in the private rental sector including portals to work out a way to end the practice.
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High Court rules Right to Rent checks have breached human rights legislation
Following three months of deliberations Mr Justice Martin Spencer has ruled that the policy has led to discrimination.
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‘Be more transparent about referral fees or face prosecutions or even a ban’
Warning comes in latest advice from a senior legal expert at the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team
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Two more Client Money Protection schemes approved ahead of April 1st deadline
NALS and Money Shield get official approval to offer agents Client Money Protection schemes, membership of which is to become mandatory.
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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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