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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London boroughs urge Ministers to crackdown on illegal holiday lets
Illegal rental activity is ‘undermining housing availability and community stability across the Capital’ according to new report.
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Charter to give renters ‘rights’, reveals huge London council
New guide to help tenants understand their rights and access support services within Westminster City Council areas.
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Government’s 1.5m home building plan ‘unlikely to succeed’ – Savills
Estate agency warns demand not supply is the critical issue to meeting 1.5m target that Labour has made a key plank of its housing policy.
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Brokers angered by surge in estate agents’ conditional selling practices
Mortgage brokers are once again urging regulators to do more to crack down on conditional selling by estate agents and developers.
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Landlord group launches petition against ‘insidious’ selective licensing
Portsmouth landlords, spearheaded by Simon Fletcher, are challenging selective licensing rules which they say are being misused by councils to raise revenue and impose 'social engineering'.
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London landlord fined £5,000 after tenants left without heating for a year
Court slams negligent HMO landlord Rosa Giddy saying ‘catastrophic consequences’ only narrowly avoided.
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EXCLUSIVE BLOG: Leasehold is not broken, so why replace it?
Industry figure says that while leasehold needs to be improved for the benefit of both professionals and leaseholders, replacing it is wrong.
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Estate agency principal successfully sues ex-director over ‘serious misconduct’
Caroline Ann Nicholas had civil proceedings against her launched by a former employer that were successful and her application for Leave to Appeal has now been rejected.
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Tenants ‘jumping the gun’ on surrender agreements, lettings boss warns
Greg Tsuman of Martyn Gerrard says some renters are initiating 'surrender agreements' before the Renters' Rights Bill becomes law.
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Greens says tenants should not pay rent if repairs not done
Ariane Burgess of the Scottish Greens wants tenants to be able to hold back rent if repairs are not carried out and has tabled an amendment to the Housing (Scotland) Bill.
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