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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Shelter calls for ban on letting agent fees in Wales
Mystery shop of 85 letting agencies shows "widespread disregard for the law".
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More calls to scrap Stamp Duty
“SDLT isn’t a Stamp, it’s not a duty and its not based on land! It’s just a tax,” says Chairman of The Society of Licensed Conveyancers.
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Stamp Duty hike raises £424 million extra for HMRC in three months
Most of the revenue came from sales of properties sold for less than £250,000.
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Cut Stamp Duty in half!
Government policies on landlord taxation aren’t helping tenants and the 3 per cent surcharge on buy-to-let purchase will cause even more misery.
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Wembley rogue landlord jailed
Rehan Sheilkh sentenced to four months imprisonment plus costs and compensation for illegally evicting tenants.
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New Housing Minister announced
Gavin Barwell, MP for Croydon Central takes on a dual role with the additional job of Minister for London.
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Landlord investors set to be squeezed… again
Higher thresholds and stress tests will add to the pain.
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Zoopla boss in Brexit legal challenge
Twitter hashtag garners support for ensuring correct constitutional process.
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Name and shame rogue landlords
Criminal landlords in London should be named and shamed according to a new RLA survey in which members backed Sadiq Khan’s plans to create a rogue landlord database.
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Root out rogue letting agents
NALS launches a toolkit to raise standards in the Private Rented Sector.
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