Rightmove denies editing property alerts to detriment of agents
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Estate agent Trevor Kent has queried whether Rightmove is editing its property alerts.
Kent said to EYE: “Do Rightmove have power of death” over what ...
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Purplebricks ‘tells City it is now 4th biggest agent in UK’
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Online agency Purplebricks says it has become the fourth largest estate agency in the UK.
It also says, in what looks like a pitch to investors and wh...
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Most sellers happy with high street agent – and with the price they achieve
Monday, November 16, 2015
The large majority of people who have sold their home through a traditional estate agent were either satisfied or very satisfied with their experience...
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Countrywide set to snap up agents anywhere in UK
Monday, November 16, 2015
Countrywide has made it plain that it wants to buy up traditional high street independents, large and small, anywhere in the country.
In what seems to...
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Rightmove to allow agents to show fees
Friday, November 13, 2015
Rightmove is now allowing both sales and lettings agents to show fees.
The move follows new advice from the Committee of Advertising Practice.
A spoke...
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ARLA tells MPs that banned estate agents should not be allowed to work in lettings
Friday, November 13, 2015
ARLA boss David Cox has forcefully told MPs that it is wrong that a banned estate agent can legally be a letting agent.
He has also said that someone ...
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Seconds away! War of words as eMoov gets in almost all of its £2.6m crowdfunding
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Almost all of the £2.6m money pledged on eMoov’s crowdfunding campaign has been paid.
The news may confound critics of the online agent and its founde...
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Rightmove has ‘uncontested market leadership’ says City analyst
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Analysts at investment bank Liberum have reported that Rightmove has gained market share to stand at 82%, giving the portal “uncontested market leader...
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Regulator bans estate agent from industry
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team has banned a sales agent, Callum McCarthy, from the estate agency industry.
A spokesperson said: “We...
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Two agents are expelled by The Property Ombudsman
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Two agents have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for at least two years.
One is A S Moon & Partners, a sales and letting agent based i...
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