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 Pennycook
The 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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