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Property asking prices rise for seventh month in a row
Asking prices increased in all regions except the North-West and South-East and are now up 1.2% on last year.
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Regulation & Law
Minister considering harsher eviction rules for landlords and agents
Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook is reportedly looking into French-style “hardship tests” before tenants can be evicted.
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Regulation & Law
Housing minister rejects rent controls in England outright
Rent controls are creeping across the UK including in Scotland and possibly Wales too, but Matthew Pennycook has told MPs they won't be introduced in England by Labour.
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Lettings industry seniors call for mandatory qualifications for all staff
Zoopla's Lettings Advisory board, which includes many high-profile people from the industry, wants to level the playing field for both agents and tenants.
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Regulation & Law
Citizens Advice slams property industry over mouldy homes
The charity is urging the Government to tackle the decline in living standards for renters and blamed landlords for the problems.
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Rental market
Landlord mortgage borrowing DROPS for first time in 30 years
New data from UK Finance shows the number of property investment loans for landlords has fallen for the first time in almost 30 years.
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Regulation & Law
Labour ‘will ban Section 21 without bolstering courts’, lawyer warns
David Smith of law firm JMW says the new Labour government led by Keir Starmer will probably abolish Section 21 'no fault' evictions early next year.
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Labour risks swamping the courts if Section 21 is scrapped now, Propertymark warns
The trade body says that unless the Labour Government ensures there is more capacity in the courts, then abolishing Section 21 'no fault' evictions could have catastrophic consequences.
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Regulation & Law
Goodbye Rishi… Industry welcomes Labour victory but has ‘concern’ over policies
With a majority of 171, Labour will have a free hand to remould the housing market - but will it be good news for the property industry?
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Rental market
Mayor denounces the Government’s failure to ban Section 21
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, says tenants have been "betrayed" by the loss of the Renters (Reform) Bill as Parliament was shut down before the General Election.
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