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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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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Is ‘Right to buy’ going horribly wrong?
Red flags flying as housing benefit tenants buy their homes.
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Stamp Duty change whips up a storm
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the monthly property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “Even the higher taxes haven’t dampened investors’ enthusiasm.”
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New Housing & Planning Act
As the new Act became law on 16th May, Housing and Planning Minister Brandon Lewis said, “Our landmark Housing and Planning Act will help anyone who aspires to own their own home achieve their dream.
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Helping buyers save on Stamp Duty Land Tax
Cotswold agency, Butler Sherborn, says that agents can help their buyers to save higher rates of SDLT.
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51 per cent of North East England’s landlords experience abandonment
A process created under the new Housing and Planning Act should help, says the NLA
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