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041 0 _aeng
100 1 _aMurdoch, John
245 0 0 _aNot a good time to be an estate agent
260 _c2008
490 _aEstates Gazette
_v(0839) 4 October 2008, 125(1)
520 _aArticle addresses government attempts to improve the legislation governing estate agents and discusses the historical background behind the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007. The author states that mandatory participation in OFT approved redress schemes is the most significant aspect of the legislation, but that government powers have been strengthened in other areas, including the rights of trading standards officers to enter a premise to investigate possible breaches of the act.
590 _aKA
650 2 4 _aPROPERTY MISDESCRIPTIONS ACT 1991
650 2 4 _aCONSUMERS, ESTATE AGENTS AND REDRESS ACT 2007
650 2 4 _aENTERPRISE ACT 2002
650 2 4 _aESTATE AGENTS ACT 1979
651 4 _aUnited Kingdom
_y
690 _aPROPERTY-PROPERTY AGENCY
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