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The UK government body responsible for regulating estate agents is...
Powys County Council
For real. And here's a Guardian article.
I'm not entirely sure how that works. The central government body responsible for it was abolished, so it got handed off to a county council. They got enough cash to hire three people. The UK spends about £140 billion on real estate each year -- not to mention house prices being basically the only allowable topic of dinner-party conversation. And it's watched over by those three people in Powys county council.
Powys County Council
For real. And here's a Guardian article.
I'm not entirely sure how that works. The central government body responsible for it was abolished, so it got handed off to a county council. They got enough cash to hire three people. The UK spends about £140 billion on real estate each year -- not to mention house prices being basically the only allowable topic of dinner-party conversation. And it's watched over by those three people in Powys county council.