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Sale and Rent Back Regulation
The Financial Services Authority has released more details of its plans to regulate the sale and rent back sector. In the downturn this sector has grown substantially and unscrupulous lenders have...
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Gas Safe Register Confusion
Gas Safe Register appear to be advising on their helpline that a landlord is obliged to obtain a new gas safety certificate every time a tenancy is entered into, notwithstanding any current gas safety...
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Further Energy Performance Tweaks
The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England & Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 came into force on 10 August 2009. These make a small amendment to the EPC...
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Distance Selling
We have noted a marked increase in queries regarding consumer protection legislation. As such a little reminder about the The Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 may be of some...
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New Regulations and Agent’s Terms of Business
The Provision of Services Regulations 2009 came into force on 28 December 2009 and apply to all United Kingdom jurisdictions. These were brought into force to comply with the EU Service Directive which...
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Housing Act Threshold Increase
It is now being widely reported that the maximum Housing Act 1988 rent threshold is to be increased to £100,000 as from 6 April. Some commentators are incorrectly calling this a retroactive change. A...
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Mortgage Protection Notice Requirements Set Out
Further to our previous post on the bringing into force of the Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants etc) Act 2010 the Statutory Instrument setting out the notifications required to be given to...
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More Safety Legislation?
The Fire Safety (Protection of Tenants) Bill is currently before Parliament. It’s objective is to ensure that all rented residential properties have a fire detection system which complies with modern...
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Cancellation Notice
In a recent case in Watford County Court an agent sought his commission for the successful sale of a property in October 2009. The Defendant defended the claim on the basis that no Cancellation Notice...
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Service charges: what do you need to know?
Over the past two decades the rules dealing with service charges have changed completely and there now exists a fairly comprehensive set of rules which as can be seen in cases reported from the...
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Squatters
On the 2 September 2011 Judge Fiona Henderson ordered Camden City Council to comply with a freedom of information request made by a member of the Advisory Service for Squatters. Judge Henderson when...
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Equality Act: what does this mean for Agents and Landlords?
2010 saw the enactment of the Equality Act which provided that Landlords must consider making reasonable adjustments for people with a disability looking to rent their property. The purpose of the duty...
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Fire Safety revisited
We have had a few queries regarding the Fire Safety (Protection of Tenants) Bill on which we have previously blogged, and so here is our update: the Bill failed to complete its passage through...
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Electronic Signatures: Can we use them?
We have over the past few months seen a rise in the number of enquiries we receive about the use of “electronic signatures” for the signing of tenancy agreements. This area is complicated and not 100%...
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Private Rented Sector Consultation
Just a reminder to everyone in the Rental Industry that the Communities and Local Government Select Committee is currently conducting an enquiry into the private rented sector. Submissions have been...
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EPCs – latest news
Tomorrow 9 January 2013 sees the coming into force of changes in the regulations regarding Energy Performance Certificates. The government announced these changes to the EPC, and air conditioning...
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Deposit News
1 April 2013 has seen more changes to deposit protection. There are now four authorised schemes: TDS, DPS and mydeposits have been joined by Capita tenacy deposit protection scheme . This is an...
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Office of Fair Trading to study Residential Property Management services
The OFT last week announced that it intends to launch a market study into the residential property management field for leasehold property in England and Wales. Ahead of the study the OFT has invited...
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New CMA Guidance for Lettings Professionals
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) which replaced the OFT earlier this year issued on the 13th June 2014 “Guidance for lettings professionals on consumer protection law”. Plainly for anyone...
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