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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Material information rules axed overnight as new consumer act takes precedence
Industry leaders warn of 'considerable confusion' as rules are withdrawn after less than two years, leaving agents in a legal limbo.
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BLOG: AML regs change next week – this is what you need to know
Nicola Gifford, General Counsel & Company Secretary at SmartSearch offers advice to letting agents on how to deal with changes to Anti-Money Laundering rules that come in on 14 May.
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Housing market to get big boost from mortgage rule changes
Scrapping affordability checks for remortgagers will provide access to better deals and increase buyers' spending power.
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Unite Group forced to change website over ombudsman advice
The student rental accommodation provider had advised anyone with a complaint to contact the Housing Ombudsman when it wasn't signed up to the service.
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Hundreds of homes unsold due to Grenfell safety check backlog
More than 70 buildings are waiting to be assessed under rules introduced after the Grenfell Tower fire.
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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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