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Propertymark and RICS are among industry bodies that have backed an open letter to the new Housing Secretary calling for the...

The chairperson of the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has hit back at the Government’s approach – or lack of...

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...

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

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...

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

Mandatory regulations and qualifications could lead to higher fees for UK agents, a former industry executive claims. Former Fine & Country global...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

A new industry regulator is likely to be in place within two years according to the chair of the government’s Regulation...

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

While media attention has been on Theresa May, Brexit and the Tories, chatter in the agency industry has been about what...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has launched its long-awaited ‘How to sell a home’ and ‘How to...

With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...

The Guild of Property Professionals is seeking views from member agents on the government’s reform agenda.  The Regulation of Property Agents working...

The Property Ombudsman’s annual conference is to hear from the chair of the government’s ‘Property Agents Working Group’ - just days...

Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...

The title may be unfamiliar but most agents know by now that in the corridors of Whitehall a working party exists...

The government has unveiled a new body which, it claims, will raise agency standards. There is a long-standing commitment from the government...

There’s been another call for the government to reform stamp duty - and this time the request is that the duty...

Baroness Diana Warwick (below right) has been appointed chair of The Property Ombudsman scheme’s independent council. A life peer for the past 18...