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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New Shelter campaign targets Britain’s ‘broken rental market’
Hard-hitting video from housing pressure group reveals the grim fate of families forced into temporary accommodation by soaring rents.
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MARKET: Late Autumn budget date to prolong tax speculation damage
Budget date has now been set, but its late timing has led to warnings that the extended uncertainty will drive up rents and accelerate landlord exodus.
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Angela Rayner’s conveyancers deny giving tax advice – report
In a revelation that could well sink the Housing Secretary over the Stamp Duty row, the conveyancing firm has contradicted Angela Rayner's claims that they gave her tax advice.
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Estate agents urge Scottish Government to rethink landlord taxes
Propertymark has told Holyrood that it must revisit any ‘taxes that dissuade potential landlord investors but favour BTR operators'
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Renters’ Right Bill final stages due to be completed next week
Three years after the Tories' first introduced their reform act, and a year since Labour launched its version, the Bill is now only days away from becoming law.
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LATEST: Housing secretary admits Stamp Duty ‘wrongdoing’ but will she resign?
Deputy Prime Minister refers herself to ethics adviser after allegations in the national newspapers that she had dodged a £40,000 tax bill on a property in Hove, East Sussex.
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Generation Rent makes latest controversial attack on landlords
This time group says cash incentives given to private landlords to rent out homes to vulnerable people is a 'rigging of the system'.
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Letting agency dissolved days after Tenant Fees Act ruling
Fresh New Homes Limited has been wound up after property tribunal ordered it to repay holding deposit.
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POLL: Landlords ‘not prepared’ for Renters’ Rights Bill
Only one in six property investors say they are fully prepared for the Bill, according to a survey released by David Adams at Cavendish.
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Big London council fines 16 letting agencies £100k
Haringey has issued penalty notices to 16 letting agencies, with half of them receiving multiple fines.
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