Estate agency bill

Estate agency bill - 1991 - Hansard 186 (167) 1/3/91 1220-1268 Times 4/3/91 p6 Guardian 4/2/91 p14 Independent 4/3/91 p6 Chartered Surveyor Weekly vol 34 no 9 7/3/91 p8(28) .

A Private members bill , the Estate Agents (Property Misdescriptions) Bill has passed its second reading unopposed. If it becomes law, estate agents giving misleading information on property would be liable to fines of up to £2000. The sale of property would be brought into line with the sale of goods under the Trades Description Act 1968 . RICS amendments to include commercial propoerty have been accepted by government. See also WB2707-30.


DUTY OF CARE
ESTATE AGENTS ACT 1979
ESTATE AGENTS OMBUDSMAN
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ESTATE AGENTS
PROPERTY DESCRIPTIONS
SELF-REGULATION