Estate agents reassured by support for open market

REPRESENTATIVES from three estate agents met members of the Population Policy Group yesterday to discuss the wide-ranging review of how to manage the island's growing population.

Chief Minister Lyndon Trott (pictured) also attended the meeting as a working party from Martel Maides, Cooper Brouard and Swoffers looked to 'fully understand' the consultation process.

The 187-page document was released last week and detailed a variety of possibilities for reforming the housing laws.

These included scrapping housing licences, the introduction of work permits, questioning whether the open market should continue in its current form and islanders potentially losing the right to return if they have lived away from Guernsey for a long time.

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