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A question for all the experts on house sales and buys here

Is it true that for anyone to be shown a house for sale in a commercial sense… i.e. not the owner , or not for gain that person has to be a registered and qualified mediator..

Would it then be the case that say an agency with several people employed that were not registered or qualified to carry out this activity would be carrying out an illegal activity, which at the start would lead to a fine and could end up with a prison sentence if they were found to be continually practising in this way if they send their employees or self employed house sellers that are not registered out with clients unless the registered agent accompanies them.

Does this mean that if anyone has a problem with a house sale with one of these people that are not qualified that they have no protection under law although the person named in carrying out this is liable to the fine. That the client shown houses either by totally non qualified agencies with no mediator registered or even with one mediator registered but shown by a non qualified and illegal /abusive person has less recourse under law than someone that actually is shown a house by a qualified mediator and after which if there are problems found they should have been knowledgeable enough to have pointed these out. Indeed that this is their duty under law.

Why am I asking these questions. It seems to me there must be some sort of definitive answer to all these problems and that if we start at the base of the Italian law… which basically says in my mind anyone that shows a house for commercial gain must be qualified and registered. That the presence of one qualified person in an agency does not then allow unqualified people to perform this role. So that at least from the very start when someone attempts to start the process of a house purchase here they at least know that there is a question to ask before all… show me your qualification .

So we have various qualified people on this forum, can we get or is it possible to give a yes or no answer.