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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Unusual rental ad sparks outrage among tenant campaigners
Acorn launches broadside against advert for unwaged live-in ‘Airbnb manager’ who must pay £750pcm to sleep in living room.
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Labour to add ‘broadband permission’ rights to renting reforms
Comments by official spokesperson following OpenReach campaign suggest ministers are keen to force landlords to accept fibre broadband installation requests.
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Another big council clampdown on ‘anti-social’ HMOs
Middlesbrough's officials are to vote in favour of introducing an Article 4 Direction to stop ‘uncontrolled spread’ of HMOs in city.
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Badenoch backs gas boilers during ‘anti-Net Zero’ speech
Kemi Badenoch is not the first Tory leader to U-turn on greener homes, but has made a strong attack on 'Net Zero' and said replacing gas boilers with heat pumps is not realistic.
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Labour MP launches broadside against bad landlords
Labour MP Tom Hayes says the rental market is ‘broken’ and Renters’ Rights Bill will fix it by rooting out 'rogue landlords' despite industry claims to the contrary.
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WARNING: Labour’s renting reforms will force landlords to ‘gazunder’
Goodlord CEO explains how major unintended effect of the Renters' Rights Bill will be to distort the market for rent as landlords and tenants grapple with new rules.
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Conveyancers ‘must not take shortcuts to beat Stamp Duty cut-off’
A leading compliance consultant says solicitors risk falling prey to financial criminals if they cut corners in the race to get property deals over the line.
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Leading surveyor welcomes plans to end ‘feudal’ leasehold system
Dorian Wragg of Bruton Knowles says Labour's ambitions are laudable, but wonders if leaseholds will want to take on the management of their own blocks.
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Council cock-up helps landlord bat off rent repayment claim
Pressure group Justice for Tenants pressed ahead with HMO licensing case even after Southwark Council admitted that it was to blame.
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Leading lawyer says new PRS database to prove costly for landlords
Mortgage firms and the taxman will be taking a keen interest in the new landlord database and the transparency it will facilitate.
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