Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA)
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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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Minister dodges MP’s question on RoPA report implementation
Eddie Hughes ignores request for information from his shadow opposite number Matthew Pennycroft during parliamentary debate.
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Minister stalls once more on bringing in RoPA recommendations as Lords fume
Frustration was clear in Lords as minister was grilled on both his failure to implement RoPA, or ability to reveal next steps.
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New Propertymark Presidents start roles as association limbers up for RoPA
Both Angela Davies and Kirsty Finney have the ideal regulatory experience that the new industry regulator proposed by RoPA may be looking for.
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Here it is! First draft of industry-wide Code of Practice revealed
Steering committee behind new RoPA-inspired code says agents now have two months to comment before it starts setting the code in stone.
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Property industry Code of Practice is just six months away, agents are told
A RICS and TPO backed Steering Committee has started work on a single code for the whole industry that, when introduced, will change estate agency forever.
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