3rd July 2018
AIPP asks government to clarify if overseas property agents to face same regulation as UK
Exerpt from an article by Nigel Lewis on Industry Body: Association of International Property Professionals (AIPP) meeting with Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government to talk Regulation.
'...The Association of International Property Professionals (AIPP) sent a group of senior industry figures including its co-founder Peter Robinson ...and agent Louise Reynolds, who is a director of overseas agent Property Venture, to get answers from MHCLG civil servants.
Agents based here and overseas but operating in the UK have been free to sell foreign properties to Brits both via the big portals and to attend consumer property shows, as long as they adhere to the Estate Agents Act (1979), register with a Redress Scheme and adhere to Anti-Money Laundering rules. But soon agents in the UK will be required to have minimum qualifications, which is part of the government’s stated aim to regulated (sic) the industry more heavily.....'
'....One thing is for sure; agents selling overseas property in the UK are not immune from fines; an AIPP member was recently given a four-figure fine by HMRC for non-compliance with Anti Money Laundering rules.'
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