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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Landlords press MPs to protect student lets market within renting reforms
Ben Beadle at the NRLA says unless new rules covering student HMOs in the Renters' Rights Bill are changed, many young people will miss out on higher education.
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New measures announced to ease ‘pooled client account’ problems for agents
Treasury confirms 'commonsense' measures to end the difficulties lettings and management agents have in obtaining pooled client accounts (PCAs).
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BLOG: Industry must wake up about ‘post completion’ conveyancing failures
Maria Hardy of the Property Conveyancing Consultancy says that inadequate post-completion work can lead to compensation claims, lost business, insurance problems and reputational damage.
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Landlords told ‘don’t blame the letting agent’ when facing Rent Repayment Orders
Legal expert warns landlords not to defend RROs unless they have rock solid evidence that they have licensed their property, and also not to rely on blaming others.
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Ministers told to scrap deposit scheme system by influential group
Generation Rent says multiple official providers and unclear rules on deductions and a slow dispute system are unfair to tenants.
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BLOG: £700 billion of commercial property to be ‘unusable’ by 2027
Uba Ngenegbo of conveyancing firm RG Law warns that looming EPC rule changes mean 70% of UK commercial buildings require urgent green upgrades.
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‘Use a good letting agent’ warning as latest rental scam spreads
Tenants urged to use reputable letting agents as fraudsters steal thousands in deposit money using bona fide certificates.
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Sub-letting rental property scammers blitzed by London council
Hammersmith & Fulham's Anti-Fraud Team has prevented nearly half a million pounds of fraud by council tenants sub-letting their properties.
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AGENT: Landlords are ‘not the cause of the housing crisis’
Data shows the Private Rented Sector has been a vital provider of homes as Scotland's social housing stock undergoes severe decline.
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City says it’s ‘best in UK’ at HMO management but landlords disagree
Row breaks out with council as landlords challenge positive findings of HMO review, claiming it has 'wiped out’ supply of smaller properties.'
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