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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2025 – the year digital home buying really got moving
OPDA Chair, Maria Harris, looks back at a year when huge strides have been made by her organisation towards a joined-up digital home buying process.
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Minister reveals huge extension of Rent Repayment Orders to punish bad landlords
Sir Stephen Timms says following three-council trial, 38 more are to take up powers enabling them to recoup rent from landlords who let unlicensed properties to 'benefits' tenants.
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Violent tenant sentenced for trying to kill his landlord
Ibrahim Ahmed, who is 24, attacked his landlord with a knife on his doorstep, and only help from passers-by saved the man's life.
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Leading letting agency told to retrain staff after tenant complaint
Glasgow tenant has demanded compensation from managing agent at tribunal for delayed move-in date, safety checks and how repair issues were handled.
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Landlord couple who recently split up fined over unlicensed HMO
Fraud-convicted landlords fined a total of £7,177 after fire brigade called to unlicensed Uxbridge HMO.
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Agents vs conveyancers – debate rages on over upfront information
Quentin Thatcher of Fells challenges conveyancers who say making upfront info mandatory won't work, saying "this surely can only help".
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Letting agency in hot water over treatment of disabled tenant
Wheelchair user demands £9,000 compensation after claiming his home was wrongly advertised as accessible, leaving him trapped, exhausted and reliant on carers.
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Ditch mandatory upfront information plan, conveyancers urge
The Conveyancing Task Force tells the Government that a voluntary scheme would be much better and that digitisation is not the answer to all problems.
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This is what I’ve seen during 50 years in the property industry
Industry heavyweight looks back on five decades of change – from the march of technology to the growing list of regulations.
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Bring in rent controls or risk electoral backlash, Labour warned
Generation Rent tells Labour it risks losing traditionally safe urban seats if it continues to resist caps on rent increases.
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