Radical regulation begins | Rental market good news | House prices flatline




Regulation is coming! Minimum qualifications and code of practice a step closer today

Following delivery of the working group's report on how agents should be regulated, including minimum qualification standards, the  Government announcement is due today.

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Government contradicts its own ‘broken rental market’ claims

Latest English Housing Survey published yesterday shows vast majority of tenants are happy with their lot and rents are falling as percentage of pay.

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Mayor hopeful to take London housing back to ‘golden years’ of the 1950s

“If a politician stands in front of you and promises you more housing under the current scheme, they are mugging you off.”

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New regulations to cover overseas and online agents, auctioneers, property guardians and rent-to-rent firms

ROPA working group proposals to government published today reveal much wider scope of regulation that just high street sales and lettings agents.

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House prices ‘flatline’ as shocking drops in London drag average down

House prices in London are dropping by 4.4% year-on-year but rising in the many other regions including by 3.4% in the North West.

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<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva;">Regional report</span>


Each month we visit three agents across the country to discover what is happening in their local market. This month we meet members of the Guild of Property Professionals in Wakefield, Derry and Congresbury.

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