‘Price on application’ in property listings deemed unlawful
National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has today published its opinion*, developed with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), that the use of ‘POA’ or ‘price on application’ in property listings (principally sales listings) contravenes consumer protection legislation.
NTSELAT’s opinion is that the use of ‘POA’ or ‘price on application’ in relation to a listing on a property portal or an agent website is likely to be misleading as it withholds – or in some cases masks – the asking price from consumers. The property’s price is information which the average consumer needs in order to make an informed transactional decision, such as to make enquiries about the property, conduct further research or arrange a viewing.
Plan for Car Chargers in all New Homes in England
In a speech to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) in the north-east of England on Monday, the prime minister will reveal plans, briefed as “world-leading”, to toughen up and improve regulations for new homes and buildings.Under the government’s plans, set out by the prime minister Boris Johnson at the CBI business leaders conference on Monday, new homes must be equipped with charging infrastructure from next year.
Ross Easton, a director at the Energy Networks Association, added that while the plans for more home chargers was “great news for those living in new homes” the government “must make sure access to charging points is not exclusive, stressing that the charging points must be accessible to everyone.”
Sarah Winward-Kotecha, the director of electric vehicles at RAC raised concerns that it is important to note that a lot of newly built housing stock, said it was “important to remember that a lot of new housing stock in cities does not even come with parking, let alone charging points.
The motoring group has called for the government to make high-speed car charging available to more motorists by focusing on the roll out of rapid chargers in public areas so that
The government’s plans may have failed to consider that many new buildings are built without parking spaces for the sole reason of encouraging people to travel by public transport, which is better for the environment.