Estate agents
This information is for people who are working as an estate agent. It tells you what you must do to meet your legal obligations.
The Estate Agents Act 1979 regulates your work as an estate agent. Its purpose is to make sure that you act in the best interests of your clients, and that both buyers and sellers are treated honestly, fairly and promptly.
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Estate Agents Act
The Estate Agents Act 1979 regulates your work as an estate agent. Its purpose is to make sure that you act in the best interests of your clients, and that both buyers and sellers are treated honestly, fairly and promptly.
Estate Agents guidance
This guidance is for businesses that sell or buy property or land or provide some related ancillary service.
Estate Agents Public Register - Estate Agents prohibited and warned
The Estate Agents Public Register provides details of estate agents who are currently banned from engaging in estate agency work or who have received a formal warning under the Estate Agents Act 1979.
Estate Agents Redress Scheme (EARS)
The Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 enables the Secretary of State to require those engaging in estate agency work in relation to residential property to be members of an OFT approved estate agents redress scheme.
Complaints about Estate Agents
If you have a specific complaint that an estate agent has breached the Estate Agents Act you can inform the Office of Fair Trading.
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