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On March 6th, 2026, the government launched its latest call for evidence, seeking to establish the rationale for the payment of commission and to understand how the commission rate is determined and calculated as a percentage of the sale price of a home. The call is

also seeking evidence of how the commission payment operates within the existing legislation and to gain a better understanding of how the sector’s current business model operates.

Park Home residents are urged to participate, so the link to the document can be found here click the button to go to the government web page …………….

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A PERSONAL VIEW

 

The following doesn`t claim to represent the views of all, or even most ,of our members. Anyone who presumes 100% support on any issue is likely self-delusional. There are always degrees, those with personal agenda`s, those who support a group or organisation but who`ve never delved below the surface or the slogan or considered the implications of a cause. For these reasons, the following should be seen as the personal view of Tony Turner, who says as follows;

 

`` There`s no need to go into the precise histrionics of the sales commissions, because we are where we are - and today is now.

 

That said, there was time when the commission was often justified. Those were the years before the infiltration of the hardened crooks when ethical operators maintained their sites and helped with sales.

 

For known reasons, site owners were removed from the sales processes so I`d first supported its abolition – but also when we had active protective services such as those provided by Local Authority Trading Standards teams and police who`d respond to notified crime including siet owner harassment, intimidations and fraud.

 

There were two things that killed all that, The failures of successive governments to further criminalise the crooks, instead introducing the so far largely unworkable Fit & Proper person criteria

 

So, nowadays, whilst there can be NO justification for the sales commission, the realities include the investments made by business`s relying upon a guaranteed future revenue streams . Remove or interfere with the commission and the smaller ethical operators may well be forced to sell out the to crooks, whilst the crooks will look to compensate for the shortfalls with new and unlawful schemes, such as those that the PHPF has been publicly fighting….

 

So, to summarise; To remove the commissions whilst enabling the crooks to flourish invites more serous problems, also where there are other options.

 

Meanwhile we await this government`s next move.