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17 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Material information rules: Rightmove and The Guild launch agency webinars](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Webinar-400x310.png)
A series of webinars have been unveiled to help agents prepare for new material information rules. Rightmove said it is providing a...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards unveils latest material information rules for agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/AgentOnline-400x310.png)
The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has published the long-awaited Parts B and C of material information...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![When will parts B and C of upfront info reforms materialise?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
Trading Standards has insisted it is still on track to introduce parts B and C of material changes rules for property...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agencies favouring lower offers to get referral fees - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Referral fees for estate agents could be back in the sights of industry regulators. It was reported last week that the National...
25 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards boss reveals timeline for latest material information changes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
The latest material information rules will be introduced this Autumn, the industry regulator has revealed. Speaking at the Propertymark One Conference in...
28 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancing firm seeks agents to trial ‘sell-ready’ packs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1107796946.jpg)
AVRillo is seeking agents to help test a new product that aims to provide upfront material information to buyers at the...
03 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renewable energy and parking 'will be material information' - Trading Standards](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EcoHome-400x310.png)
The existence of renewable energy sources and parking facilities look set to be among details that Trading Standards will expect to...
13 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - day in the life of a NTSELAT policy manager](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
Given their leading role in the recent upfront information revolution, interest in the work of the National Trading Standards Estate &...
05 November 2022
From: Features
![Material information update: Agents reminded of disclosure requirements](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-MagnifyingGlass-1-400x310.jpg)
Agents are being reminded that they still have an obligation to provide all material information as the sector awaits Part B...
12 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Reader poll reveals opposition to treating mobile signal as material information](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/smartphone-image400x310.png)
More than half of agents disagree that mobile phone signal should be treated as material information in listings. James Munro, head of...
11 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - why conveyancers should charge more for a better service](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer relations, and improve the homebuying system for all, continues to rage,...
02 July 2022
From: Features
![Rightmove to ‘reject listings’ without a price from today](/upload/images/Logos/RightmoveNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
New estate agency listings that don’t display a price can no longer be uploaded to Rightmove from today. The portal giant has...
01 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards: Mobile signal may be material information for property listings](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/smartphone-image400x310.png)
Agents may have to include the broadband speed and mobile signal for a property on listings in the next round of...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Upfront information: Portals plan for consumer awareness to police listings](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/3dhousepic.jpg)
Portals are aiming to boost consumer awareness of new material information rules rather than refusing non-compliant listings. Agency listings have been required...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards: Portals should refuse non-compliant listings](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-MagnifyingGlass--1-400x310.jpg)
The head of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has suggested the material listings rules should be...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today - Let’s get moving with digitising the upfront information agenda](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
Why the urgency? Because the appetite is strong. Research by the Conveyancing Association reports that 98% of consumers are overwhelmingly in...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![‘Price on application’ in property listings deemed unlawful](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyInformationKeys-400x310.jpg)
The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has deemed that the use of POA or “price on application”...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – the who’s who of the industry](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features
![Advertising watchdog open to considering SSTC listing complaints](/upload/images/library/complaints-400x310.png)
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has said it may consider complaints about ‘misleading SSTC listings’ on portals but suggests it may...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards reminds agents to update SSTC listings amid legal debate](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Angels%20Sales%20%26%20Lettings%20-%20Client%20Money%20Protection%20-%20what%20do%20landlords%20need%20to%20know.png)
Trading Standards has advised agents to update listings once they reach the "sold subject to contract" (SSTC) stage. It comes after legal...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Home Information Packs - are they making a comeback?](/upload/images/library/Documents-400x310-min.jpeg)
Agents and conveyancers have signed up to a new buyers’s and seller’s property information form that is described as having been...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - why Trading Standards wants changes to property listings](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyInformationKeys-400x310.jpg)
The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent Team has released background information on how it came to make changes to...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Alert - new info must be included on all property listings](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
Trading Standards and the government have jointly announced compulsory new data which must appear on property listings. A property's council tax band or...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards want public to quiz agents on referral fees](/upload/images/library/Referrals-400x310.png)
The most senior Trading Standards officer policing the agency industry says he hopes the public will ask about referral fees in...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards to recommend changes to ‘material info’ on listings](/img/default/eat.png)
The Trading Standards agency team has outlined to Estate Agent Today the process it will follow to improve what it calls...
18 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards to advise Boomin on referral fees disclosure](/img/default/eat.png)
The Boomin portal, which incentivises agents to cross-sell and benefit from referral fees, is to receive advice on fee disclosure from...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents MUST disclose referral fees, Trading Standards tells government](/img/default/eat.png)
Customers must be told about third party referral fees when buying or selling a home says the National Trading Standards Estate...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Portal promotes “free money” referral fees despite industry probe](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the many new portals recently launched has made a pitch for agents to join because of its referral fees...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards demands “material information” in property details](/img/default/eat.png)
Trading Standards says agents must include more “material information” in property details even if this may not be a wholly positive...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Referral Fees: No change “for a while” but reform coming](/img/default/eat.png)
The Trading Standards report on the future of referral fees is almost completed and will be sent to government next week. However, James...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Urgent Referral Fees survey of agents launched by Trading Standards](/img/default/eat.png)
The National Trading Standards Estate & Letting Agency Team and The Property Ombudsman have launched an urgent survey to assess awareness...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Beware: Mandatory disclosure of referral fees still a possibility](/img/default/eat.png)
It is possible that agents and their business partners in the conveyancing, mortgage and survey industries could be obliged to have...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Future of referral fees may be revealed at upcoming conference](/img/default/eat.png)
The annual conference of the National Association of Estate Agents takes place on February 27 - the date when the future...
21 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![House buying reform is centre stage at special ESTAS conference](/img/default/eat.png)
The reform of the buying process is to take centre stage at a special conference called Bold Legal LIVE! taking place...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents warned to be in a redress scheme for ALL aspects of their work](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate and letting agents are being urged to check that they are signed up with an approved redress scheme that covers...
25 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Clampdown on agents - Ombudsman to refer more to Trading Standards](/img/default/eat.png)
The Property Ombudsman will in future refer more estate agents to the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent Team if...
11 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![The man who polices the agency industry - an exclusive interview](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s clear that some agents are not fans of Trading Standards officers, described in the comments sections of the trade press...
27 April 2019
From: Features
![Trading Standards speak out: We do NOT favour online estate agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
The head of the new Trading Standards authority regulating estate agents says Online firms are treated exactly the same as High...
26 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards warns agents they must switch to valid redress scheme soon](/img/default/eat.png)
The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team has this morning issued a warning to agents that they must be signed up to...
19 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Referral Fees may be banned following Trading Standards survey](/img/default/eat.png)
National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team and two of the three industry redress organisations have launched a survey to measure the...
19 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![CMA releases details of estate agents' cartel scheme](/img/default/eat.png)
The Competition and Markets Authority has for the first time published details of the findings against a group of six estate...
18 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![NTSEAT wants agents and public to report future portal juggling issues](/img/default/eat.png)
The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team has followed up the recent announcement by The Property Ombudsman to counteract portal juggling by...
29 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Portal juggling: campaigning agent demands action against portals](/img/default/eat.png)
An agent at the centre of the campaign to expose and stop portal juggling wants to know whether the National Trading...
15 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![NTSEAT, NAEA, Redress schemes all warn against portal juggling](/img/default/eat.png)
The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team is warning agents not to engage in portal juggling - an activity it describes...
12 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![NTSEAT urges agents to comment on Cutting Red Tape initiative](/img/default/eat.png)
The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team is urging the industry to comment on a government initiative aimed at cutting red...
09 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Portal juggling: NTSEAT confirms it is investigating agents' allegations](/img/default/eat.png)
The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team has over the weekend repeated its intention to investigate allegations of so-called portal juggling...