Agents of change
Could a collaboration between Trading Standards and the property sector solve an age-old problem?
Posted 25 June 2022 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Analysis|Property and Housing|National
ANALYSIS: Efforts to improve transparency in the property market are encouraging estate and letting agents to publish material information earlier in the sales process, reducing failed transactions and giving consumers greater confidence.
House-hunting can be fraught with time-consuming pitfalls and costly dead ends. Properties that on first viewing appear to be idyllic can sometimes reveal insoluble problems that scupper even the most well-intentioned of deals. For buyers, sellers, tenants and agents alike, that means a great deal of wasted time and money.
To nip the problem in the bud, the NTS Estate and Lettings Agency ...
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