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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Compliance platforms to help MPs avoid landlording gaffes
Yuno says it is to help any of the 85 MPs, Peers and ministers who are landlords to stay compliant following a string of scandals that has cost several their reputations and jobs.
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TaxPayers back Badenoch’s plan to scrap Stamp Duty
Stamp Duty is the ‘worst tax’ because it blocks mobility, suppresses transactions and punishes aspiration, according to the TaxPayers’ Alliance’s Joanna Marchong.
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Agents selling leasehold units ‘face huge challenge when reforms go live’
Expert Mike Somekh warns that sales agents face provision of much more detailed information much earlier under Housing Secretary's proposed changes.
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Councils using proceeds-of-crime powers to enforce planning laws
Housing Secretary orders review after MPs question whether confiscation rules meant for serious crime are being applied to planning cases.
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Tomorrow’s home buyers to be given classroom mortgage know-how
All schoolchildren in England to learn about borrowing and property finance from age four under the Government’s Education reforms.
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Housing minister claims Renters’ Rights Act ‘will work for agents and landlords’
Comments from Baroness Taylor during recorded message to NRLA conference delegates also claimed abolishing Section 21 will still enable bad tenants to be ejected.
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Letting agents face ‘unfair’ erratic property licensing enforcement
Claim is made by London licensing expert following the debacle over Rachel Reeve's missing licence for her rented Dulwich homes.
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Big private landlord backs abolishing the private rented sector
Midlands BTL investor says Green Party's contentious plan to end private letting ‘has merits’ but would take many parliaments.
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Does the sales market REALLY need a Budget boost, asks leading agent
Marc von Grundherr comes to the defence of the property market amidst Budget gloom caused by vendors 'waiting to see'.
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150,000 homes to pay Rachel Reeve’s Mansion Tax, predicts estate agency
Chancellor’s proposed levy would unfairly target London, with ‘mansion’ values threshold far lower than elsewhere, according to Knight Frank analysis.
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