Lord Best to lead probe into estate agency regulation & mandatory qualifications

Lord Best's Regulation of Property Agents working party will present its recommendations - including new mandatory qualifications for all consumer-facing estate agents - to the Government next week

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.

Sajid Javid announces a plan to introduce mandatory qualifications for estate agents, bringing the profession in line with conveyancers, solicitors and surveyors