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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Portal juggling? Beware, Trading Standards officers are on your case.
“This is an illegal practice that misleads homebuyers on property websites and estate agents are warned that they could be prosecuted and face a ban from working in the industry.”
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Right to Buy Scheme: expanding in England, shut down in Scotland…
And now Wales says it will scrap its Right to Buy as well.
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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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