Guides for Estate Agents
Reform, compliance and fall-through risk, written for the trade.
Everything else on this site is written for sellers. These guides are written for you. They cover what the June 2026 home buying and selling reform roadmap actually asks of agents, how to prepare for sales packs at the point of listing, where material information compliance now sits, the live review of referral fees, and the practical levers for cutting a fall-through rate that runs close to one in four agreed sales.
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What the 2026 Home Buying Reforms Mean for Estate Agents
A Code of Practice in 2026, a qualifications consultation in 2027-28, and sales packs before listing. What the roadmap asks of agents, and when.
Sales Packs at Listing: How Estate Agents Should Prepare
No property listed without a pack is where the reforms are heading. What goes in it, what it does to your listing workflow, and how to start now.
How to Cut Your Fall-Through Rate as an Estate Agent
Fall-throughs are unbilled work. Where the risk actually sits in the timeline, which levers move it, and how to measure your own rate properly.
Material Information: An Estate Agent’s Compliance Checklist
Parts A, B and C explained, what has to be on the listing, and how the DMCC Act and the 2026 reform programme change the enforcement picture.
Referral Fees Under Review: What Agents Need to Know
The CLC has opened a review of conveyancing referral fees after a Panorama programme on conditional selling. What is in scope and how to prepare.
RoPA and Estate Agent Qualifications: Where It Stands in 2026
Mandatory qualifications go to consultation in 2027-28. What RoPA proposed, what survived, and what it means for how you staff an agency.
Protecting Commission in a One-in-Four Market
Commission invoices at completion, not at offer. How to protect the pipeline when a quarter of agreed sales never complete.
Talking to Sellers About Early Conveyancing
89% of consumers would instruct a conveyancer before listing if it meant a faster sale. How to raise it at valuation and handle the objections.