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Features
Get ahead in the agent qualification process
Revived from the RoPA report, a mandatory agent qualification is back on the agenda. Lisa Isaacs discovers why you should get qualified now.
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Housing Market
Leading figures question mandatory qualifications for estate agents
A panel of industry heavyweights at The Negotiator Conference set out the major challenges facing the property sector including Labour's desire to see all agents reach a minimum qualification.
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Regulation & Law
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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Regulation & Law
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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Regulation & Law
MINISTER: Regulation of estate agents ‘will not happen’
Baroness Swinburne tells fellow members of the Lords that there is no time for regulation of any kind, despite Lord Best's RoPA report having been published five years ago.
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Latest property news
‘Professional Indemnity insurance should be mandatory for agents’
Integra Property Services boss Michael Day reckons changes to Material Information and what agents will be asked could expose them to greater risk.
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Features
Qualifications and training – RoPA is coming, so get ahead of the game
Lisa Isaacs revisits RoPA and looks at what’s filling the gap while we wait for formal qualification requirements to arrive.
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Housing Market
Kate Faulkner gives candid views on the biggest issues facing agents
The latest Today’s Conveyancer podcast sees industry expert and The Neg columnist Kate Faulkner OBE deliver her verdict on the current state of the property market.
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Latest property news
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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Latest property news
Rightmove’s agent qualification wins official approval
Rightmove’s new agent qualification has been officially approved by the government’s regulatory body, The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation.
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