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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Letting agency warns landlords over Scotland’s new Housing Act
Big Scottish estate agency concerned many landlords may not appreciate the scale of the changes introduced under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2025, now it has received Royal Assent.
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Government backs coalition seeking faster homebuying
Main players have been brought together to build roadmap for smart-data framework that will underpin new homebuying process.
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OFFICIAL: ‘I expect homebuying reform roadmap to be ready by next year’
Victoria Latham, the Deputy Director for Housing at MHCLG says she wants roadmap nailed down within 12 months and everyone on board.
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ARE YOU? Only one in three agents prepared for the Renters’ Rights Act
With just six months before Act comes into force, most letting agents admit they are not ready according to Goodlord boss.
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BLOG: ‘This is how home moving could be made quicker’
Landmark Information Group boss tells Neg readers how homes could be sold and bought faster – and it's surprisingly simple.
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‘We’re coming for you’ landlords warned by big Midlands council
Mayor warns landlords it will be ‘coming for them’ if they fail to comply when the Renters’ Rights Act comes into force on 1 May.
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Portfolio landlords’ inaction forces tenant to urinate in bathtub
Tribunal issues £5,300 rent repayment order after tenants go 58 days without a working toilet in unlicensed HMO.
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Rachel Reeves selective licensing debacle claims another scalp
Cabinet Member for Housing at Southwark Council, which covers the Chancellor's property, resigns after admitting his properties were unlicensed too.
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Bad landlords not prosecuted by most local authorities
Councils will shoulder most of the responsibility for policing the Renters’ Rights Act, but vast majority lack will or resources to do it, research suggests.
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New £40,000 fines and criminal prosecutions for errant letting agents announced
Local authorities will be handed powers to fine ‘landlords, letting agents, or anyone acting on their behalf’ when the first phase of the new tenancy rules comes in next year.
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