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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Property firm faces £300k legal bill over defamation case
The family behind ABC Estates is to pay the estimated £300,000 legal costs bill of Nick Hargrave, a former leaseholder of a block the agency managed.
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‘Back landlords, don’t bash them’, says new Kate Barker-led report
The Radix Big Tent Housing Commission urges the Government to stop treating landlords as the part of problem, but instead part of the solution to the UK's housing supply crisis.
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Another big council widens HMO licensing scheme
With the backing of ‘locals’ Barking and Dagenham is to extend its licensing scheme to include smaller HMOs plus a re-run of its existing selective scheme.
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Welsh Minister celebrates second-homes crackdown but agents ‘not happy’
As owners sell up and property prices fall there has been a big rise in the number of locals taking up the Government’s assisted buying scheme.
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London council compulsorily purchases landlord’s property in shock move
Haringey Council forces sale of empty Tottenham home despite the landlord's objections, as it prioritises utilising uninhabited properties.
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New rent rise rules to tie up landlords and agents for months
Reapit is worried that the new rules on rent increases will see tenants, landlords and agents tied up in a Tribunal system ill-equipped to deal with a rise in case work.
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Landlords demand government support for new EPC target
Shawbrook’s Emma Cox says 78% of landlords are concerned about the new EPC regulations and a third want help with the cost of upgrading properties.
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Big union calls for rent controls and even tougher eviction rules
The UK’s largest union is calling on the government to go further to strengthen the Renter’s Rights Bill.
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London’s posh borough reveals first HMO fines under new scheme
A landlord has been fined £5,000 by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, the first to do so for failing to secure an HMO licence.
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£34,000 fine for unlicensed five-bed Hammersmith HMO
Landlord Stevan Gorgievski was given a £34,350 fine for failing to get an HMO licence despite claiming it was his agent’s fault.
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