b'Rightmove was launched in the early 1990s and withinCompany Regulationsof conveyancing. This became mandatory in 2007 but a few months the industry was completely transformed.was suspended in 2010 with the exception of the Energy Photos were ready instantly; brochures were availableWhen the Estate Agency Act 1979 came intoPerformance Certificate which is still required now and the following day and people could email their enquiriesforce, it went someway into regulating themandatory prior to marketing.from websites that shows thousands of properties fromEstate Agency industry, and focused on client communication and handling clients money.The final legislation was the GDPR (General Data hundreds of different agents, anywhere in the country It was the first, and pretty much only, majorProtection Regulations) which came in 2018 and protects for anyone anywhere in the World. regulation for Estate Agents, although theconsumers in relation to their personal data and when The internet revolutionised the way properties wereGovernment is currently proposing to introducethey can receive marketing material.searched for and viewed with floor plans, virtual tours,much more regulation in the coming years.There have been fairly regular legislation changes which videos and EPCs being made available to every buyer The Property Misdescriptions Act stopped Estateprovide more red tape in how Estate Agents can act, instantaneously, from which parties were able to gather Agents making false or misleading statements aboutbut the principals of the RICS controlling Chartered so much information and therefore no need to view properties being offered for sale, until this was repealedSurveyors have always been far more diffident and houses that had already ticked a lot of their boxes saving with the new legislation regulating Estate Agents via theregulated. However, current Governance are looking at time themselves and the home owner.Consumer Protection From Unfair Trading Regulationstrying to regulate Estate Agents in a much stronger way, Obviously digital portals such as Rightmove, Zoopla 2008 (CRP) which again was to make sure that Estateso as to prevent those from carrying out undesired and and the online increase of agents such as Purple BricksAgents are accurate with verbal and written statementsinappropriate practices.has completely changed the landscape for Estate Agents.and not allowed to make misleading omissions.Clarke Gammon Wellers has always been controlled The general principles that we have always adhered to The Home Information Pack (HIP) was introduced inand governed by the laws and regulations of the RICS for the last hundred years still hold true and I believe 2004, sometimes called the Sellers Pack which wasand believes in the traditional ethics of Estate Agency are the reason why we retain our clients and act to be provided before a property was marketed. Thisin valuation and upholds professional compliance at the professionally for so many institutions andincluded a pack of documents relating to the propertyforefront of its business.private clients.which were supposed to reduce delays in the process'