Louise Baxter joins TPO Board

Consumer champion Louise Baxter has joined the Board of the Property Ombudsman

Codes and the value of independence

Noel Hunter OBE explains why external review can ensure Codes remain fit for purpose

New property guidance published

Revised guidance has been published to create clarity for businesses and consumers

Rogue agent banned from directorship

An estate agent who stole money has been banned from acting as a company director

Agent failed to protect clients

A lettings agent has been fined for failing to sign up to a client money protection scheme

Letting agents could face hefty fines

Stoke-on-Trent Trading Standards is reminding agents of their responsibilities

TSS warns of loft insulation scam

Trading Standards Scotland is warning about salespeople posing as surveyors

Suffolk rogue lettings agent jailed

A lettings agent who pocketed more than £80,000 in deposits has been sentenced for fraud

Project puts letting agents in spotlight

An initiative to ensure West Midlands letting agents comply with the law has won funding

Agents of change

Could a collaboration between Trading Standards and the property sector solve an age-old problem?

At home with the Tenant Fees Act

What impact has the Tenant Fees Act 2019 had on the lives of tenants? 

Help for home buyers

The Consumer Code for Home Builders can protect buyers from house purchasing pitfalls

New construction regulator announced

A new construction industry regulator has been established by the OPSS

CTSI warns on scheme deadline

The Green Homes Grant Scheme may be vulnerable to abuse and fraud

10 years of the Consumer Code

Noel Hunter looks back on the achievements of the scheme over the past decade

Property company prosecuted

A property company has been fined for failing to protect the deposits of vulnerable tenants