Regulation of lettings and estate agencies must be a priority for the government elected tomorrow, a PropTech entrepreneur demands. Sián Hemming-Metcalfe of...
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![Regulation of Property Agents - government slammed by Lords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
The government’s failure to act on the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working party - chaired by Lord Richard Best and...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour bid to regulate agents welcomed by major industry body](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
The Property Institute has welcomed a Labour Party move to introduce the regulation of property agents across much of the sector. Tabled...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour’s backdoor bid to regulate lettings and estate agents at last](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents Regulation chief says complaints about rental sector are common](/img/default/lat.png)
The architect of the Regulation of Property Agents working group - which has called for agents to be trained and licensed...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Tenants shouldn’t always pay their own removal costs - commission](/img/default/lat.png)
A commission investigating affordable homes in the UK has called for annual private sector rent increases to be limited to a...
05 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Clampdown on lettings agents triggered by MPs’ own experiences - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A prominent member of the House of Lords has given a surprising insight into how the fiscal and regulatory clampdown on...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: revolutionary proposals for agency regulation, licensing and training](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...