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Top 10 most read mortgage broker news stories this week – 19/10/2018
Estate agents were in the headlines again this week as the Home Owners Association reveale...
Estate agents pressuring buyers to use in-house brokers and charging 8% commission on auction sales – HOA
The Home Owners Alliance (HOA) has revealed it is examining cases where consumers have bee...
Estate agents resisting reservation agreements – Ministry of Housing
The government is pushing ahead with its plans for reservation agreements to become a stan...
Estate agents’ willingness to overvalue properties is not a new problem, brokers say
Brokers responded in droves to coverage suggesting estate agents overvaluing properties is...
Estate agents overvalue properties to gain listings – research
Estate agents are overvaluing properties to gain listings in the property market, accordin...
Agent ordered to take down blog slamming online rivals
The Advertising Standards Authority has ordered an estate agent to take down a blog from i...
Ombudsman issues £1.3m in redress for property complaints
The Property Ombudsman revealed it dealt with more than 3,000 sales and lettings complaint...
ASA tells estate agents ‘don’t stretch the facts’
Estate agents have received an enforcement notice warning them not to embellish the truth ...
Estate agents agree home buying process is outdated
The vast majority of estate agents agree that the home-buying process is outdated, accordi...
Yopa retracts savings claim and regulator backs PurpleBricks’ local property experts
Two online estate agents have been reported to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) a...
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