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Written Question
Estate Agents and Property Management Companies
Thursday 7th March 2024

Asked by: Neil Coyle (Labour - Bermondsey and Old Southwark)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department distinguishes between (a) relocation agents, (b) estate agents and (c) property agents within the housing sector, in the context of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill.

Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)

The existing measures in this Bill will apply principally to managing agents acting on behalf of their landlord or estate manager, but measures relating to the ban on new leasehold houses will also apply to those involved in marketing a property, including estate agents.


Written Question
Private Rented Housing: Letting Agents
Tuesday 27th February 2024

Asked by: Neil Coyle (Labour - Bermondsey and Old Southwark)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of the Renters (Reform) Bill on relocation agents.

Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

The Renters (Reform) Bill will deliver a fairer, more secure, and higher quality private rented sector that is fit for the 21st century. The Impact Assessment for the Bill considers the impact on letting agents (which includes relocation agents).

It estimates that as a result of familiarisation costs and more stable private rented sector tenancies, letting agents will face costs of £1,085 per agent per year over the ten-year appraisal period. The reforms may also create new opportunities for letting agents, such as services which support landlords to meet their new requirements.


Written Question
Freehold: Marketing
Tuesday 4th April 2023

Asked by: Neil Coyle (Labour - Bermondsey and Old Southwark)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many referrals under the Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008 in relation to freehold marketing particulars been have reported to his Department through the National Trading Standards Team since those Regulations came into force.

Answered by Rachel Maclean

The information requested is not held centrally.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Nov 2022
Social Housing Standards

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Nov 2022
Management of the Economy and Ministerial Severance Payments

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Nov 2022
Management of the Economy and Ministerial Severance Payments

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Nov 2022
Management of the Economy and Ministerial Severance Payments

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Nov 2022
Management of the Economy and Ministerial Severance Payments

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Nov 2022
Management of the Economy and Ministerial Severance Payments

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Written Question
Council Housing
Tuesday 1st November 2022

Asked by: Neil Coyle (Labour - Bermondsey and Old Southwark)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what effect sleeping in a car has on prioritisation in homelessness policy for housing from a local authority.

Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

If a person is sleeping in a typical car, and has no other accommodation available, they will be homeless and entitled to homeless assistance from the local authority.