Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 113165
Letting Agents: Regulation
Tabled: 12 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026
Question
Rachel Blake
Labour (Co-op) — Cities of London and Westminster
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to regulate Let Only letting agency agreements where an agent markets a property after which the landlord takes over management.
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe government has no current plans to introduce specific new regulations in relation to let only agency arrangements.Letting agents who operate on a ‘let only’ basis are already subject to existing regulation. Any agent carrying out letting agency work i...
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