Several real estate agencies in Maine et Loire are in the sights of the authorities. The cause? Illegal real estate ad.
The inspectors of competition, consumption and the repression of fraud from the Departmental Directorate for the Protection of the Populations of Maine-et-Loire have pinpointed several real estate agencies to illegal ads. They did not mention the results of the Energy Performance Diagnosis (DPE), which is compulsory.
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Fraud Control has strengthened the monitoring of ads on the websites of real estate agencies and intervened in several agencies in the department. According to the prefecture, it appeared that several real estate agencies in the department did not respect the publication of an advertisement for sale or rental with a compliant energy performance diagnosis result, reports West France.
What consequences?
Of the administrative injunctions to ask offending agencies to comply have been pronounced as well as seven fines against outlaw agencies. The amount varies but can reach several thousand euros for those with the highest anomaly rate.
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Since 2011, with reinforced sanctions from January 1, 2022, real estate agencies and individuals are required to display the result of the DPE in the announcements of transactions or rentals. The passage of the real estate diagnostician and the communication of the report must be done before the publication of the announcement to the general public, recalls West France.
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Since August 24, the rents for housing with energy label F or G can no longer increase. From 2025, properties classified G can no longer be offered for rental.