Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA)
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Regulation & Law
It’s time for letting agent regulation to start say industry giants
Five of the key organisations representing those who manage properties in the UK say code of practice and mandatory qualifications are long overdue.
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OUCH! Housing minister accused of dismissing RoPA without explanation
Baroness Taylor of Bolton, who chairs a Lords committee, accuses Lee Rowley of refusing to respond to any of the RoPA recommendations her committee made.
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RoPA has no hope of becoming law as another minister rules it out
Lee Rowley MP tells a Lords Committee there was no scope in current legislation to introduce measures from RoPA committee.
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‘Frustrated’ Lord Best says RoPA ‘not a priority’ for Gove
Lord Best told The Neg he is worried that ministers are still not treating RoPA as an urgent issue, five years after his report.
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Regulator ‘must have teeth’ to suspend estate agencies, Lords told
Timothy Douglas from Propertymark says a new regulation body needs to have powers to stop rogue agencies operating.
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Labour WILL regulate estate agents says Shadow Minister
Propertymark welcomes Matthew Pennycook's commitment to introduce the RoPA regulations if Labour wins the General Election.
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Housing minister insists RoPA reforms ‘still in pipeline’
Lucy Frazer told MPs the Government is committed to improving professional standards, but couldn't say when reforms would be made.
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RoPA still THREE years away, predicts leading lettings expert
But Sally Lawson, founder of Agent Rainmaker, says the industry is already making huge steps toward achieving RoPA's recommendations.
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Minister: ‘We’re still considering RoPA’… three years after it was published
Propertymark hopes that Eddie Hughes' relatively non-committal comments in parliament are a sign RoPA is still on the political agenda.
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Original RoPA now ‘very unlikely’ to make it into law, claims industry leader
Eddie Hooker of Hamilton Fraser, believes that because RoPA regulation was left out of Queen's Speech again, it's clearly in the long grass.
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