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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Lords defy Government to back pets deposit plan
The House of Lords passed an amendment put forward by Lord de Clifford requiring tenants to pay three weeks' additional rent if they want to keep a cat or a dog.
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London council reveals massive landlord licensing expansion
Hackney Council is proposing to make almost every rental property in the borough subject to a licensing scheme.
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Landlord (holed up in Russia) to pay £75,000 fine for illegal Airbnbs
Huge penalty could mark the start of tougher enforcement of short-let planning rules in the Capital.
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Surveyors and property managers embrace mandatory qualifications move
Both the RICS and The Property Institute welcome new rules requiring all property managing agents to be qualified.
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REVEALED: Why Labour suddenly dropped pet damage insurance rule
Minister shines a light on last week's U-turn which pulled Labour's requirement that tenants take out pet insurance should landlords require it.
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Ministers under pressure to ban ‘conditional selling’ by estate agents
New campaign by FT Advisor backed by HomeOwners Alliance wants mortgage brokers to lobby their MPs and ask questions at PMQs in Parliament.
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Highly-experienced solicitor struck off for £650,000 deposit breach
Charles Stevens has been found 'guilty' of misleading seller's solicitor over the whereabouts of deposit for £6.5m property transaction.
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Minister promises mandatory training for managing agents to deal with “abuse and poor service”
Matthew Pennycook says property managers must be qualified in line with Lord Best's RoPA recommendations to deal with a "wild west" situation.
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NW of England council boasts of £500,000 fines for HMO landlords
Salford has issued a huge number of fines since it introduced its selective licensing scheme in 2021, it has revealed.
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Petition signed by 57,000 calling for rent controls delivered to PM
The petition, organised by Generation Rent and fronted by a single mum who landlord imposed a 20% rent increase, is now in the hands of No.10.
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