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Further estate agency regulation won’t be too expensive for the industry, Lord Best has said. Lord Best, who led the Regulation of...

The architect of the Regulation of Property Agents (ROPA) reforms has expressed frustration that the recommendations have failed to materialise as...

Agents would be happy to pay for regulation but the sector should be wary of costs, a Propertymark executive has told...

The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has set out the key questions it could ask agency representatives as its...

Representatives from Propertymark, Trading Standards and The Property Ombudsman (TPO) are set to discuss estate agency regulation in the House of...

Attempts to get the long-awaited Regulation of Property Agents (ROPA) rules introduced into the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill have failed. The...

Peers in the House of Lords have launched an inquiry into agency regulation. The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee will...

Estate agency regulations and minimum standards may finally see the light of day after Labour put forward amendments to the Government’s...

Propertymark has written to the Housing Secretary Michael Gove to reiterate its longstanding call for regulation of property agents. The agency trade...

The Labour Party has committed to introducing the Regulation of Property Agents (ROPA) rules if it wins next year’s General Election. Shadow...

The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) is seeking feedback from agents on proposals that it feels will “revolutionise moving home...

Licensing of estate agents may raise the barrier to entry but it won’t stop those with poor morals, Fine & Country’s...

Rightmove’s Level 3 Certificate for Estate and Lettings Agents (CELA) has been officially recognised by trade body Propertymark, alongside Propertymark Qualifications. The...

The long-awaited Regulation of Property Agents (ROPA) rules will still be introduced but most probably in a different form, it has...

Lucy Frazer became the 13th Housing Minister to leave the role in the past decade yesterday after she was promoted to...

Industry analyst and and chair of The Home Buying and Selling Group Kate Faulkner, has called for the Government to stop agents being...

Half of Estate Agent Today readers agree that industry regulations and minimum qualifications will improve standards in the sector but a...

Agency brand Knight Frank has pledged to be one of the first adopters if minimum standards and qualifications are introduced in...

Conservative MPs are continuing to question when new estate agency regulations will come in as the Government sticks to its stock...

Is it really just a year ago that we were nervously wondering whether yet another Christmas would be Covid-affected? Little did we...

We are only a fortnight away from having a new Prime Minister, following a contest in which housing has played a...

Rightmove has unveiled details of a new qualification for agents. Sales and lettings agents can now sign up to register their interest...

A quarter of agents have indicated they may prefer Rishi Sunak as the next Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister –...

A senior agency executive has said minimum standards and qualifications are “desperately needed” in the property sector. Adam Day, international expansion leader...

It’s often fashionable to criticise trade bodies and official groups, but right now I think that’s absolutely inappropriate. In well over 20...

Outgoing NAEA Propertymark president Liana Loporto has shared her regrets that she didn’t see the Regulation of Property Agents (ROPA) rules...

The issue of agency qualifications has finally been mentioned in the Houses of Parliament, almost three years since the landmark Regulation...

A high-profile peer has questioned why estate agency regulation wasn’t extended to property management companies in the Queen’s Speech this week. Lord...

Agents are being urged not to fear exams when it comes to new industry qualifications for the sector. The industry is still awaiting...

The government has insisted it is still committed to introducing agency qualifications and minimum standards in the sector. It is almost three...

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) chief executive Gareth Samples has called for a steer on when the long-awaited Regulation of Property...

Glynis Frew will be stepping down as managing director of franchise giant Hunters from the end of this month after 20...

There’s been another large rise in fee earnings for Rightmove this morning, as the portal softens the blow by announcing a...

Will he stay or will he go? You don’t need me to say who ‘he’ is - it’s the only story...

The lettings sector looks set to steam ahead in 2022 after a record-breaking 2021, despite the financial and mobility challenges of...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

If UK agents were paid higher fees they could perform a better service to the public. That’s the view of Mark Hayward,...

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

Pressure appears to be building for the recommendations of the Regulation of Property Agents working party finally to be implemented. It’s now...

Since the announcement of the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA), an increasing amount of Principle, Partners and Directors (PPD) from the...

I’m sorry to break this to you but in 10 days’ time it will be autumn - and we will have...

Admin teams in most businesses are often the lynchpins that ensure compliance and deal with issues in order to keep the...

The House of Commons Library has published what may be the definitive record of estate agency regulations issued in recent years...

Buying agents level the playing field with estate agents according to Phil Spencer - the TV property expert who started his...

Propertymark Qualifications is reporting a surge in exams being taken and booked as restrictions ease allowing test centres to reopen. Since they...

Earlier this month, Fixflo held a webinar with David Cox, legal and compliance director of Rightmove, to discuss key government policies...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to offer a formal agency qualification as it goes increasingly on the offensive in a...

When it comes to communications, Propertymark could do with a lot fewer confidentiality agreements and a lot more transparency. And I...

Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...

Propertymark, combining both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents, claims to speak for the...

Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...

Propertymark is the only agency trade body with sufficient influence on, and links with, government to achieve major gains for the...

As we approach the end of the year, there is no doubt that it has been a turbulent 12 months for...

First off, hello and welcome to this new series – appearing in Estate Agent Today’s Breaking News section each month –...

A London estate agency chief executive says agents "have become good at pretending that they are qualified and regulated when the...

The industry regulator who comes into force when the Regulation of Property Agents’ recommendations are adopted may take over versions of...

Mark Hayward, who was scheduled to retire at the end of this month, is to stay on at NAEA Propertymark as...

The agency industry’s new leaders for the coming year have expressed strong support for reform recommendations promoted by the Regulation of...

“I’ve got 47 years of experience as an agent. Do I still have to get a qualification?” asked one attendee at...

The mandatory qualifications expected of agents have not been forgotten and will come into effect in two or three years. That’s the...

A progress report on the Regulation of Property Agents recommendations will be made today by a key RoPA committee member, Mark...

As the review of the recommendations of the Regulation of Property Agents Working Group continues, Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager and...

Hello and at the start of another working week, welcome to our regular jobs slot announcing who’s moving where within the...

The Property Franchise Group has named high-profile industry veteran Eric Walker as managing director of Martin & Co (South and Scotland).  Walker...

The new president of NAEA Propertymark says one of her key objectives for the year ahead is to prepare the industry...

Agents have long been the victim of a poor public reputation, from scoring highly in most disliked profession polls to being...

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

Earlier this month, it was revealed that property industry bodies have joined a new Code of Practice Steering Group to enact...

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...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

The chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents, Mark Hayward, is to retire at the end of this year.  The...

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

The recommendations to regulate and train the estate agency industry put forward a year ago remain on the Housing Secretary’s desk...

It may be that by the time you read this it’s all over for Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for...

The industry should continue to prepare for large-scale reforms such as mandatory agency training, the licensing of agents and a new...

The author of dramatic reform proposals for estate agents has given a clear message to ministers - Get On With It!  Lord...

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

Esther McVey has been sacked as housing minister; she was the ninth housing minister in as many years. Her successor is the...

The chair of the working group introducing mandatory examinations and qualifications for estate and letting agents says senior politicians will meet...

It is possible that agents and their business partners in the conveyancing, mortgage and survey industries could be obliged to have...

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

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

The controversial former Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, is to be the keynote speaker at a property industry...

The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

There are many adjectives that can be applied to Boris Johnson, probably very few of them complimentary, but there’s one that...

The boss of a 15+ branch estate agency group has explained how he thinks regulation could 'ruin' the estate agency industry. Simon...

In recent years, governments and local councils have sought to change the private rented sector (PRS) to make it more appealing...

Earlier this year, the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working group announced the initial details of plans for mandatory qualifications and...

A PropTech company is suggesting that property mis-measurements and resulting over-valuations may be the next PPI scandal. The firm - Spec, which...

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...

New compulsory qualifications for estate agents will not only offer more transparency for customers but will help recruit better staff into...

There’s been only a vague government response to the recommendations for an estate and lettings agency regulator. Last month the Regulation of...

Countrywide has thrown its weight behind the proposals for a new single industry-wide regulator taking on the roles of Trading Standards...

With Boris Johnson winning the Conservative leadership election and becoming Prime Minister, he has spent his first few days in office...

This may be the final full day in office for Kit Malthouse, the latest politician to occupy the short-term position of housing...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector says clarity and speed are vital to ensure agencies can adequately prepare for a...

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

Trade bodies and property firms have strongly welcomed the recommendations for root and branch reform of the agency industry - and...

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...