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Kent and East Sussex's largest and most successful Estate Agency started life in 1921 from an office based in Gillingham, Kent. Since that time we have grown to become the market leaders with a group of 47 Ward & Partner offices plus a further 77 offices throughout the South East of England which together form the Arun Estate Agencies Group.
In the United Kingdom residential estate agents are regulated by the Estate Agents Act 1979 and the Property Misdescriptions Act 1991, as well as the more recently enacted Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007. Enforcement of these regulations is the responsibility of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).
Some estate agents are members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the principal body for UK property professionals, dealing with both residential, commercial and agricultural property. Members, known as Chartered Surveyors, are elected based on examination and are required to adhere to a code of conduct, which includes regulations about looking after their clients’ money and professional indemnity insurance in case of error or negligence.