Property Management Companies: Regulation
(asked on 17th September 2026) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to regulate any part of the property management sector.
Answered by
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
This question was answered on 1st October 2026
As per the announcement of 29 September 2026, the government intends to legislate to regulate property agents through an independent statutory regulator. As a minimum this will cover managing agents across leasehold and commonhold, estate agents, letting agents and estate managers on freehold estates.
We will set out further detail on the government’s strategy for the regulation of property agents in due course, including on licensing, qualifications and codes of practice.