Timothy Douglas
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Features
The new-look DLUHC
Timothy Douglas asks how the new appointments at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, will affect the outlook for agents.
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Property chief blames instructions slump on mortgage rate rises
Propertymark's Nathan Emerson makes comments following last night's critical Panorama TV investigation into housing market.
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Estate agents want ‘realistic targets’ to hit net zero by 2050
Propertymark says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s budget pledge to make homes and business premises more energy efficient will be crucial to the UK hitting net zero by 2050.
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Propertymark: Councils need more cash to police ‘decent homes’
Local authorities need to be fully resourced for better homes and landlords who do not treat their tenants fairly need to be held accountable.
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All change at DLUHC: Propertymark reveals what it means for agents
Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark, assesses the latest changes at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
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Anti-money laundering failure could cost agents dear, warns Propertymark
Failure to keep up to date with anti-money laundering rules could hit agents in the pocket as Government looks at second economic crime Bill
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Features
Levelling up the PRS
Nigel Lewis ploughs through 80 pages of the ‘Renters’ Reform Bill’ White Paper and asks the industry what they make of it.
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New CO and smoke regs imminent
DLUHC says changes to the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Regulations could come into effect as soon as this Autumn.
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New law forces foreign companies to reveal ‘beneficial owner’ of properties
Economic Crime act enables officials to halt sales, force foreign entities to register its beneficial owner and fine or imprison rule breakers.
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Estate agents slam London mayor over claims rent controls will help tenants
Over the weekend Propertymark has made the unusual move to warn Sadiq Khan that rent controls will lead to fewer properties and lower standards within the PRS.
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