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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Housing minister claims Renters’ Rights Act ‘will work for agents and landlords’
Comments from Baroness Taylor during recorded message to NRLA conference delegates also claimed abolishing Section 21 will still enable bad tenants to be ejected.
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Letting agents face ‘unfair’ erratic property licensing enforcement
Claim is made by London licensing expert following the debacle over Rachel Reeve's missing licence for her rented Dulwich homes.
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Big private landlord backs abolishing the private rented sector
Midlands BTL investor says Green Party's contentious plan to end private letting ‘has merits’ but would take many parliaments.
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Does the sales market REALLY need a Budget boost, asks leading agent
Marc von Grundherr comes to the defence of the property market amidst Budget gloom caused by vendors 'waiting to see'.
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150,000 homes to pay Rachel Reeve’s Mansion Tax, predicts estate agency
Chancellor’s proposed levy would unfairly target London, with ‘mansion’ values threshold far lower than elsewhere, according to Knight Frank analysis.
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Recently-changed AML rules will trap many estate agents into breaking law
Any business that has not updated its AML documentation and processes since September is likely to be non-compliant, says COO, John Reynolds.
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Second estate agency dragged into Reeves licensing furore
It has been reported that Knight Frank also told the Chancellor that her home needed licensing prior to being rented out.
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Government’s conveyancing reforms risk decimating small local law firms
New National Conveyancing Task Force urges property industry to get involved with official consultation or risk 'digital conveyancing' killing off the nation's smaller regional operators.
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‘Now do you understand our pain?’ leading landlord ask Chancellor
Eastern Landlords Association chair says for too long Whitehall has not realised the minefield that property licensing presents for some BTL operators.
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Lettings agency at centre of Rachel Reeves licensing debacle apologises
Reeves has apologised for failing to obtain a licence but by doing so she has committed a criminal offence.
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