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Nathan Emerson Propertymark is encouraging estate agents to be ‘ahead of the curve’ as pressure builds to enact Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA). The chair of the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee wrote to housing secretary Michael Gove…

Zoopla has announced a new long-term contract with leading London estate agency Dexters, which encompasses 156 offices across the capital. Dexters, which now has more local offices and a greater presence than any other estate agency in…

Members of the House of Lords will discuss the key purpose of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill today. The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill aims to improve homeownership for leaseholders by ’empowering’ them and ‘improving their consumer rights’. It…

A boycott of advertising website PropertyPal.com by estate agents over increases in its fees has reached almost one month. And estate agents who have stopped using it say they are receiving higher traffic to their own websites as a result.…

New borough-wide licensing for all landlords renting out properties in Brent, northwest London, will be come into force next week. Every privately rented property in Brent, except for Wembley Park, will be legally required to apply for…

A managing agency in north London has been ordered to pay a £15,000 fine for operating a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) without the required license on Berwick Road, N22. Following an investigation which was carried out in March 2023,…

The cross-party inquiry will examine the transaction process, the information available to buyers, and the role of conveyancers and estate agents. Clive Betts, chair of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee, said: “The process of buying and selling a…

Sally Lawson Agent Rainmaker’s Sally Lawson will be hosting a two day virtual event on the 9 and 10 May designed to help agents create more revenue, increase profit margins, and build a system for generating consistent daily leads. The…

Key Lettings and Property Management, based in Kent, has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) following their failure to comply with an adjudicated award totalling £3,100. This expulsion comes as a result of Key Lettings and Property Management’s negligence…

Two letting agencies and a director who broke licensing laws have been prosecuted by Enfield Council. Mansur Duzgan, a sole director, and his company, Guaranteed Rent GD Limited of Kendal Parade, were both prosecuted over the failure to obtain a…