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RICS
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is the most respected and high profile global ‘standards and membership’ organisation for professionals involved in land, property, construction and environmental issues. Accountable to both members and the public, RICS has three main roles: To maintain the highest standards of education and training; to protect consumers through strict regulation of professional standards; to be the leading source of information and independent advice on land, property, construction and associated environmental issues.
Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA)
Visit Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA)
The Association of Residential Lettings Agents (ARLA) was formed in 1981 as the professional and regulatory body for letting agents in the UK. It was recognised that the requirements of the residential lettings market were so detailed and specific that a separate organisation was required to promote standards in this important and growing sector of the property market.
NAEA
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The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) is the largest estate agency organisation in the UK, representing nearly 10,000 members. It is committed to raising professional standards across all aspects of the property market for the benefit of member agents and ultimately the home moving public. As members of the NAEA we follow a strict code of conduct to ensure the highest standards of professionalism are followed and maintained giving you the best service available.
Team Association
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The team network has hundreds of independently run agents across the country offering a multi-agency service for a sole agency fee.
Surveyors Ombudsman Service
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The Ombudsman Service for Chartered Surveying Firms and their customers, providing a free and independent service. Their job is to investigate complaints fairly by listening to both sides of the story and looking at the facts.
The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR, formerly DTI) has approved the Surveyors Ombudsman Service under the Housing Act as a redress scheme for the purposes of HIP-related complaints against surveyors and estate agents which are members of the scheme.
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
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Information about the service provided by Dudley MBC. Including Supporting people, job opportunities, better care and answers to local questions.
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
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Information about Sandwell Council and the six main towns which make up the borough; Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton, Wednesbury and West Bromwich.
UpMyStreet
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The website to find out everything you could want to know about an area - from actual property prices to the neighbourhood's favourite newspaper!
The VOA
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The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) is an executive agency of the Inland Revenue (IR) with 85 offices spread throughout England, Wales and Scotland. The site provides a link to check council tax bands.
Facebook
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Twitter started in March of 2006 as a side project. It has now the fastest growing social network on the whole of the internet. Users send SMS style messages with a maximum of 140 characters (called ‘micro-blogging) to their friends completely free. Through Twitter’s own search engine and other third parties, users also broadcast these 140 characters to the world. This means that real-time news is now available on the internet!