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Mandatory qualifications for estate agents would improve standards, reduce failed transactions, and restore trust in the homebuying process, RICS’ Chief Executive has claimed. Justin Young (pictured) said estate agents sit at “one of the greatest points of influence” for buyers and sellers, yet the sector remains largely unregulated with no consistent requirement for competency or…

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The sale of a high-profile home has always required careful handling but in today’s market, selling a property has become far more complicated than simply finding a willing buyer. The sale of celebrity homes has increasingly become a matter of public fascination, with Nick Candy’s £275million Chelsea mansion making headlines for being London’s most expensive…

  HMRC is ramping up its scrutiny of property valuations as part of a clampdown on inheritance tax avoidance, according to a leading law practice. The number of cases referred to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has risen 23.5% in the last year, according to research by TWM Solicitors. It found that referrals to the…

North East Lincolnshire Council has admitted it cannot tackle concerns about the impact of HMOs on local communities unless it has better data, with Liberal Democrat group leader Nicola Aisthorpe (main image) telling a cross-party working group: “We can’t fix what we can’t measure.” The council admits it holds “very limited data” on smaller HMOs,…

Almost half of England’s local authority areas could see average tenants fail standard rental affordability checks following the introduction of the Renters’ Rights Act, according to new analysis from Zero Deposit. Its research examined average rents and earnings in England using the commonly used affordability benchmark that tenants should earn at least 2.5 times their…