In this, the second of a three-part series, David Beaumont continues his critique of the new Material Information Guidance.
There are 21 areas listed in the guidance that trading standards say are material to buyers or potential tenants or they might be material to them!
I disagree with most of the 21 on the basis that at the role of an estate agent is not to sell the property it is to market the property and given the traditional estate agency model potential buyers do not expect agents to have all the information about each of these 21 areas available. As such the information is not material at that point, given the context.