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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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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Landlords who ignore new PRS regulator should ‘return rent’
Comment is made by Richard Blakeway, whose organisation the Housing Ombudsman Service is widely expected to become the main regulator of tenant complaints about landlords.
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Tougher regulation of conveyancers to begin in New Year
An updated code will help to regulate conveyancers a year after the Council for Licensed Conveyancers warned the system was close to breaking.
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Letting agent and his landlord fined £3,000 over missing licence
Tunde Coker, who it is claimed operates a lettings agency in South London called Alpha Properties Services, pleaded guilty during a court hearing.
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