Charter to help brokers avoid 'cowboy operators'

The firm said it will publish the names of any firms which can prove they adhere to the terms in the charter and will endorse them as being ethical sale-and-rent-back operators. Among the many conditions, the charter states that all homeowners must not be pressured into entering into an agreement and be allowed to dictate the pace of completion, free from the pressure of short deadlines and have the option to take independent professional legal advice, at no cost to themselves, before being asked to sign on the dotted line. Peter Beaumont chief executive of RPS, said it had become apparen...