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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Government internal spat over landlord EPC cost cap revealed
Energy secretary's £13bn schemes stall over disputes with Treasury, including how much cap should be on landlords’ rental upgrades.
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Welsh estate agent sentenced after admitting fake wedding fraud
Serial fraudster created false travel documents and hotel bookings to steal from family and friends to fund gambling debts.
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OPINION: ‘Government can’t legislate its way out of housing crisis’
The Government’s focus should be on investment in build-to-rent properties and on mitigating the damage of the tax changes on the horizon, argues lettings head at award-winning estate agency.
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‘Shocking number’ of letting agencies risking massive fines
Over a quarter of large letting agencies are exposing themselves to fines of up to £20,000 for compliance failures.
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Deputy Leader frontrunner fires warning shot at landlords
Manchester Central MP, Lucy Powell, pledges to tackle rogue landlords and keep housing at the top of the agenda if she becomes Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.
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Do you? Majority of estate agents support mandatory qualifications
Two-thirds of agents back mandatory qualifications, despite most beginning their careers without them, says GetAgent boss Colby Short.
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BLOG: ‘Leasehold not perfect but to treat it as beyond saving is misguided’
Senior leasehold practitioner calls out those say leasehold is 'fleecehold' and who claim commonhold is the only way forward for the sector.
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Big northern city reveals go-ahead for selective licensing expansion
Councillor says agents must face more red tape and landlords considerable extra cost as scheme is expanded to cover 12,500 rented properties in Leeds.
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Latest figures reveal shocking fall-through rate – and need for reform
Shock report reveals that 312,691 house sales have collapsed over the last twelve months, costing the industry billions.
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Restaurant owning landlord fined after cramming 13 into unlicensed HMO
A rogue Ashford landlord has been ordered to pay £12,500 after the Upper Tribunal has found 'wilful blindness' to risks facing tenants housed above his Indian restaurant.
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