Property Redress Scheme
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Regulation & Law
Redress scheme reveals jump in number of expelled estate agencies
Property Redress also highlights 56% increase in awards to customers complaining about estate agencies to £1.5 million.
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Agents accused of charging reservation fees up to £2K
The Property Redress Scheme says some estate agents are charging buyers £500 and upwards to reserve a home.
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Just HALF of letting agents think rental sector ‘fit for purpose’
The Property Redress Scheme Annual Report also reveals half of all disputes are being resolved through early resolution.
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‘Respected and trusted’ estate agent fined £1,000 for breaching 1979 Act
Des McGranaghan pleaded guilty to two contraventions of the Consumer Protection From Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.
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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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Complaints against estate agents dropped by 5% last year, report shows
Annual report from redress scheme the PRS reveals fewer people complaining about letting agents in particular despite rising transaction volumes last year.
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Rogue agent fined £3,000 for trading without redress scheme membership
David Walters, who was heavily criticised by hundreds of landlords earlier this year for poor service and withholding rents, is in trouble again.
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Regulation & Law
Property Redress Scheme expels agent who failed to pay landlord £150,000 in rent
Agent took on eight properties on rent-to-rent basis but struggled to fill them due to the Covid pandemic.
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Agents who charge tenants £30 for viewings risk Tenant Fees Act prosecution
Warning is made by Sean Hooker, Head of Redress at the PRS following the launch of a revenue generating property viewings site View Rabbit.
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Tenants facing ‘No DSS’ bans told to complain via agent’s redress scheme
Eddie Hughes hopes official schemes can arbitrate on discrimination cases but our research shows very few tenants use them for this purpose.
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