A promised leasehold reform programme is to go ahead following a consultation process that launched in July. Communities minister Sajid Javid’s new measures to tackle unfair and abusive practices within the leasehold…
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 MoreOutdated house moving process to blame for sluggish sales, says NAEA
National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) Chief Executive Mark Hayward says the creaking house moving process is one reason of the key reasons why sales volumes remains low “despite the fact that…
Read MoreWant to stop gazumping, Sajid Javid?
When Communities Secretary Sajid Javid earlier this week asked the industry for evidence on how to stop gazumping, reduce time wasting and increase commitment, little did he realise there is already a…
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 MoreLettings agents “to be regulated” reveals communities secretary
Communities secretary Sajid Javid has announced a raft of proposed lettings regulations during his speech yesterday at the 2017 Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, while also revealing that the proposed lettings fees…
Read MoreGovernment reveals promised “urgent” leasehold reform proposals
The government has revealed that its promised leasehold reform proposals will soon ban new-build houses being sold using this type of tenure. It says it will also move to restrict ground rent…
Read MoreJavid steps in to tackle houses sold with unfair leasehold terms
Business secretary Sajid Javid (pictured) has announced that he will use the government’s Help to Buy scheme to police the growing problem of properties sold with unfair leasehold terms. Speaking to housing…
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