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People in prominent positions in the housing industry aren’t always perfect role models. After all, Chris Pincher was housing minister for...

For an unregulated industry, agents have an awful lot of regulations to deal with. For example, there’s the mandatory membership of a...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

One part of the UK is to get a taste of the mandatory estate agent regulation that many want to see...

We all know what did happen in 2021 - Covid and more Covid, the stamp duty holiday frenzy, a soaring rental...

Agents are being advised to go above and beyond the legal requirements for anti-money laundering requirements.  Paul Offley, compliance officer for The...

A council cracking down on the increase of illegally positioned estate agent boards. Agents are required, under Planning and Highways legislation to...

Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...

It’s no surprise the mainstream news remains dominated by coronavirus - not so much the actual effect of it right now,...

If a week is a long time in politics (an old phrase, for younger readers), then a year is a very long...

The new code of conduct for estate agents has been dismissed as “a waste of time” - and the senior industry...

Agents now have a chance to say what they think should be in a new Code of Conduct being discussed following...

Zoopla has entered into a partnership with an online platform to promote the so-called Modern Method of Auction option to estate...

A new estate agency Code of Practice is to be written by a group set up by the Royal Institution of Chartered...

Training operator The Able Agent is to include a module on the Modern Method of Auction in its future programme.  Charlotte Jeffry-Campbell,...

The new housing minister is Christopher Pincher, who for the past decade has been Conservative MP for Tamworth having had a...

Some older estate agents may end up retiring when mandatory examinations and qualifications are introduced as there will be no ‘free...

Three key industry organisations have endorsed a best practice guide for the controversial Modern Method of Auction. The iamsold guide is aimed at...

The industry press has given substantial space to recommendations from the Regulation of Property Agents, the government’s working party which has...

A trade association of agents selling properties overseas has launched a new feature which it claims will give buyers greater security...

Increasing legislation and regulation has arguably been the biggest talking point in the private rented sector (PRS) over the last few...

Mortgage brokers are claiming that “a big number” of buyers are being cajoled into using estate agents’ in-house brokers. The Financial Conduct...

When it comes to letting a property, it is important that landlords and renters have faith in their agent. The more...

  The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Lettings Agents have thrown their weight behind the government’s latest...

As housing market stakeholders we’ve all had a month or so to try and digest the government’s own response to its...

Organisers of the MIPIM conference - primarily for commercial property but with a growing residential presence - are under pressure to clean up...

Hello and welcome to our latest Property Jobs Today; if you missed the launch last week, each Monday we will provide...

Not only did Theresa May stun everyone with her decision to call a ‘snap election’ but with the campaign now underway...

The Property Ombudsman’s office has defended a change to its code of practice which, according to a national newspaper, means agents...

The issue of some estate agents insisting that buyers and/or sellers use a particular solicitor or conveyancer has reared its ugly...