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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Huge London council consults on selective licensing proposals
Westminster Council is beginning a consultation process on a new selective licensing scheme for private rented homes occupied by a family or up to two sharers.
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Housing minister promises more regulation of estate agents
Matthew Pennycook has committed to implementing the Regulation of Property Agents working group proposals that the Tories failed to implement.
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Letting agent fined £50,000 over energy bill ‘scam’
Birmingham landlord handed huge fine after threatening to evict a tenant who complained she was unwittingly paying her neighbour’s gas and electricity bills.
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Big estate agency warns against CGT rise for landlords
Holding off on Capital Gains Tax rise for landlords would offer much-needed stability for the sector says LSL MD Paul Hardy.
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Drugs gang left cash in a fridge for letting agent
Natalie Child of Margate in Kent, was paid by gang members for access to empty flats to store drugs.
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Welsh Minister admits ‘detrimental’ rent controls will ‘reduce supply’
Jane Bryant makes the comments within a new white paper which calls instead for more accurate 'live' rent information to help tenants assess affordability.
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New ‘sexual harassment at work’ changes going live on Saturday
Employment lawyers Olivia Russo and Amelia Little at JMW Solicitors wonder if many estate agents realise what's going to hit them and their businesses.
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Activists call for tenants to withhold rent if repairs ignored
Acorn says measure would appy to landlords or agents who ignore repairs and maintenance issues and in particular damp and mould.
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Property manager facing £15,000 RRO says licensing compliance a ‘struggle’
Amar Hothi has told a court that working out which of his firm's 750 properties need a licence and training staff was 'difficult'.
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Small estate agencies ‘to be hit hardest’ by workers’ rights shake-up
A government impact assessment says small firms will be most affected by Labour's new Employment Rights Bill.
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