London Trading Standards says 100 agents have already been notified of potential fines with more to follow.

Meet Rebecca Marsh, the industry’s new Property Ombudsman. Fresh into her new role, The Negotiator presses her on the key issues that face the industry and TPO.

The PCAs required by agents to comply with CMP regulations have proved difficult to open because they have been deemed to be higher risk.

Legislation has now become law and letting agents not registered with one of six schemes is now trading illegally.

As unintended consequences go, says Adam Walker, this tale of woe is a great illustration of how our lives and businesses can be dramatically disrupted without us doing anything wrong.

The government has laid down the new legislation in parliament that will make Client Money Protection mandatory for all agents by April next year.

Switch to mandatory Client Money Protection (CMP) could come in a matter of weeks, with Government expected to finalise and release its regulations imminently.

The news that the government is to introduce compulsory Client Money Protection (CMP) for agents made the national newspaper headlines recently. But the strenuous attempts to have it introduced have been in…