Search Results for: estate agent regulation
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Latest property news
RoPA’s back! Lords launches probe into estate agent regulation
Members will examine whether there should be a new regulator of property agents and hear about the key challenges dealing with letting agents.
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Regulation & Law
‘I am against more regulation of estate agents’, says Hollinrake
Shadow minister makes the comments during appearance at Friday's The Negotiator Conference, claiming Kemi Badenoch holds the same view.
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Regulation & Law
Housing minister promises more regulation of estate agents
Matthew Pennycook has committed to implementing the Regulation of Property Agents working group proposals that the Tories failed to implement.
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Regulation & Law
MINISTER: Regulation of estate agents ‘will not happen’
Baroness Swinburne tells fellow members of the Lords that there is no time for regulation of any kind, despite Lord Best's RoPA report having been published five years ago.
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Latest property news
Estate agents warn over ‘unintended consequences’ of regulation
The Industry and Regulators Committee began investigating the sector last week over whether there should be a new regulator of property agents.
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Housing Market
Regulation of estate agents under Radio 4 spotlight again
The issue of estate agency licensing was thrown under the spotlight again on Monday after BBC Radio 4’s 'You and Yours' revisited its fraud expose from December last year.
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Latest property news
RoPA-style regulation of estate agents in Jersey backed by trade body
Propertymark says current situation on the island leaves consumers vulnerable to bad practice and questionable standards.
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Latest property news
‘No need for more regulation of estate agent signboards’ says Minister
Eddie Hughes says current regulation of For Sale and To Let boards is enough following challenge from campaigning Brum MP.
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Guest Blogs
BLOG: Harassment law changes: what agents need to know now
New rules coming into force this October will extend employer responsibilities to harassment by clients, tenants and contractors, says Becky Evans of The Sentry.
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Rental market
Letting agent use hits two-year high amid complex rental rules
"As the rental market becomes more complex, reliance on letting agents is likely to grow further," says the NRLA's Ben Beadle.
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