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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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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‘Looming end to furnished holiday lets rules will push out landlords’
Claim is made by three tax experts just two weeks before HMRC's huge changes to FHL tax benefits, enjoyed by landlords since the 1980s.
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Councils rake in £327 million from property licensing schemes
The enormous revenues being generated by council licensing schemes have been revealed by data gathered by proptech firm Kamma.
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Last-ditch bid to save rent controls launched by Greens
Maggie Chapman of the Green Party in Scotland is pressing the SNP Government to keep current rent measures in place, and to ban evictions in the winter.
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Big council in double attack on landlords and second homes
Brent Council is introducing a new HMO licensing scheme and a Council Tax premium on second homes at the same time.
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BLOG: Can other agencies avoid the recent claims made against Foxtons?
Foxtons is taking steps to deal with claims of sexual harassment and drinking at work, but can it do more? Lawyer Thomas Beale says it can, and other estate agencies can learn from the Foxtons case.
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Shadow Housing Minister warns of planning reform backlash
Kevin Hollinrake says he supports Labour's efforts to build 1.5m homes but says reduction of democracy in planning will soon cause a furore.
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Open warfare breaks out over Welsh second homes tax increase
Bitter row erupts between councillors over the effects of Anglesey’s 100% council tax premium for vacant and second homes.
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