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Should Michael Gove’s tough love for the countryside worry rural agents?
DEFRA minister Michael Gove's interview with the Knight Frank blog warns of more change for rural agents after Brexit.
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Government has no idea how Right to Rent is impacting tenants, minister admits
A government minister has admitted that the Home Office does not collect any information on how the Right to Rent system is impacting tenants.
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Do you know your local average house price? Amber Rudd doesn’t either
Home Secretary Amber Rudd has been caught out by a TV news reporter who asked her what the average house price was in her Hastings & Rye constituency. During an interview with an ITV Meridian news team yesterday afternoon on Southampton docks Rudd was asked if he she knew what the average house price was in her constituency, to which she answered “yes, I do, do you know what it is?” back. The reporter answered that she did and, turning the question back on Rudd asked her to reveal what the local average house price was. Amber Rudd, rather than admit she had no idea, appeared to bluff her way out said it was “certainly a little over £100,000, that’s true” before being told by the reporter that it is £217,983. To which Rudd replied “wow”. Trip-ups Amber Rudd’s is the latest in a series of trip-ups on TV during the general election campaign, including two days ago when Theresa May controversially suggested last year’s problems with the sterling exchange rate had nothing to do with the EU referendum vote, and Labour MP Dianne Abbott’s car crash interview with Nick Ferrari during which she forgot her figures on the cost…
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From today Agents face prison for Right to Rent breaches
A letting agent who knowingly rents a property to an illegal migrant will from today be committing a criminal offence and may face jail. The new offences under the Immigrant Act 2016 were announced in November and were created to help prosecute rogue agents ‘intent’ on flouting the law. Agents who face the lesser charge of omitting or forgetting to carry out Right to Rent checks already face civil penalties since the scheme went national in February. These penalties covers both new tenancies and those being renewed. The new penalties are in addition to several other criminal laws that apply to agents such as measures for those who flout Consumer Protection regulations, and under the 1979 Estate Agents’ Act against agents who do not stop trading after a prohibition order. The new criminal penalties will pile the pressure on agents to complete their Right to Rent checks and paperwork meticulously in what is a fast-moving market, particularly in the UK’s larger cities. And the penalties under either legal regime are severe. Under the civil laws the fines are £3,000 per tenant although agents can object to the penalty in writing up to 28 days of the date of the licence. The…
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