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100 1 _aShears, Peter
245 0 0 _aHang your shingle and carry on
_bestate agents - the unlicensed UK profession
260 _c2009
490 0 _aJournal of Property Investment and Finance
_v27(3) 2009, 191-211(21)
520 _aEstate agents unlike most providers of professional services in the UK are not currently regulated by means of pre-entry qualifications or required standards. This is particularly surprising as estate agents are centrally involved in what is often the largest and most stressful of all consumer transactions. Traces the history of the many attempts to create a regulatory framework for estate agents and discusses the reasons why these attempts failed. Examines the current proposals for change. Notes.
590 _aKA
650 2 4 _aESTATE AGENTS ACT 1979
650 2 4 _aCONSUMERS, ESTATE AGENTS AND REDRESS ACT 2007
650 2 4 _aCARSBERG REVIEW OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
651 4 _aEngland and Wales
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690 _aPROPERTY-PROPERTY AGENCY
690 _aPROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AGENCY
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