Government makes a major move to ‘professionalise’ the estate agency industry

The Government has eased the Coronavirus lockdown in a bid to re-start the housing market after seven weeks in cold storage. Estate agents' office can now re-open, viewings are permitted;

It's "time to regulate and reform the housing sector" says the National Association of Estate Agents as it lays out what the industry would like to see political parties pledge this election season.

Government follows up on plans "to raise standards across the property agent sector" with a new Working Group of industry experts