Housing has been put at the heart of the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) after Sajid Javid was today given the title of Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and…
Read MoreElectrical installation checks of rented properties to become compulsory
Letting agents and property managers in England and Wales will soon have to organise electrical installation checks of privately rented properties following the recommendations of a government report. After a detailed examination…
Read MoreDraft Tenant Fees Bill is published
The government has this morning introduced its draft Tenant Fees Bill in parliament, which reveals the full details of its plans to make the charging of fees to tenants an offence, and…
Read MoreGovernment to introduce regulation of leasehold property management
The government is to introduce measures for the regulation of leasehold property management, Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has revealed. His department is now seeking views on whether “a new regulatory model is…
Read MoreHow much will agents lose when letting agent fees ban kicks in?
It’s a figure much discussed within the consultation document published on Friday setting out the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG’s) plans to introduced a letting agent fees ban. If the DCLG’s…
Read MoreLettings fees ban WILL go ahead, says DCLG
The lettings fee ban is set to go ahead. The Government has announced its intention to introduce a total ban ands agents across the UK will not be able to charge any…
Read MoreHousing White Paper: Is this the week when everything changes?
The Government’s much-anticipated housing White Paper is due out this week and already several government sources including housing minister Gavin Barwell have indicated that a radical shift in policy is to take…
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