Associations & Bodies
News and updates from associations and member organisations in the UK residential property industry.
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More estate agents get qualified despite RoPA fading away
Propertymark mark says the number of agents getting qualified is at a five-year high despite there being no legal requirement to attain them - yet.
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‘Persistently dishonest’ property valuer and his firm expelled from RICS
Disciplinary panel finds case proven on nine charges and orders Christopher Adams to pay costs of nearly £31,000.
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New property association launched from merger
The two previously competing property management associations are now officially one – IRPM and ARMA are now combined, as The Property Institute.
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‘Property United for Ukraine’ industry fundraising effort for DEC launched
Initiative supported by all major industry groups urges agents to donate their fundraising cash through new Just Giving page.
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Landlords call for 3% stamp duty levy on BTL property to be axed
NRLA says decision is 'no brainer' as it would add 900,000 properties to the private rented sector and raise £10 billion for the treasury.
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Bid to curtail eviction rights in Scotland challenged
Draconian measures designed to make it extremely difficult to evict a tenant for being in arrears have come under fire from Propertymark.
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International Women’s Day – let’s hear it for (and from) the women in property!
Today is International Women's Day and The Negotiator has invited two leading organisations to showcase their female talent who are driving the businesses of Propertymark and Nurtur.group.
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Industry leader: ‘PRS reform must come from a culture of collaboration’
Safeagent's CEO gets to grips with the challenges faced by the private rental sector during the pandemic, and the looming reforms.
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EXPERT: Why AssocRICS is still the best way to get ready for RoPA
As we reported yesterday attaining AssocRICS can be difficult but it remains one of the best ways to prepare for property industry regulation.
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Surveyor slams RICS over ‘opaque and confusing’ Assoc application process
Atif Hussain, who has worked in the industry for 20 years, says he is now caught between a 'rock and hard place' and unable to progress his career.
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