Article: All estate agents 'should be licensed'.(Business)

Article: Poor value for money, bad service ... is it any wonder that ...
Evening Standard - London;  April 19, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Why are only one-third of estate agents members of the Ombudsman for Estate Agents scheme? A That's the big ... in the cold. Most reasonable estate agents would have no trouble joining the ombudsman scheme, but it would marginalise ...

Article: Poor value for money, bad service ... is it any wonder that ...
The Evening Standard (London, England);  April 19, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Why are only one-third of estate agents members of the Ombudsman for Estate Agents scheme? A That's the big ... in the cold. Most reasonable estate agents would have no trouble joining the ombudsman scheme, but it would marginalise ...

Article: Will an ombudsman boost estate agents' ...
Mortgage Strategy;  July 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... all 12,000 UK estate agents will be forced to join the Ombudsman scheme or be banned ... maintenance engineer Estate agents make up such a big ... certainly should be. Estate agents have a bad reputation and the Ombudsman may increase confidence ...

Article: Ombudsman is gunning for the cowboy estate ...
Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England);  March 15, 1998 ;     559 words ... ... horror stories than most - estate agents! The Ombudsman for Estate Agents will consider complaints ... helped to set up the new Ombudsman scheme and he is concerned ... the trade which can cost estate agents' customers a fortune ...

Article: Estate agents battle ombudsman scheme
Evening Standard - London;  February 1, 2000 ;     603 words ... ... all agents. Estate agents were urged by ... sign up with the ombudsman, who can award ... thousands of estate agents are implacably ... and that the ombudsman scheme merely ... the industry. Estate agents joining the scheme ...

Article: Ombudsman for estate agents company gets OFT ...
M2 Presswire;  September 8, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... 2005-UK Government: Ombudsman for estate agents company gets OFT code ... LTD RDATE:08092005 The Ombudsman for Estate Agents Company Limited (OEA ... dispute resolution via the Ombudsman for Estate Agents scheme * consumer satisfaction ...

Article: Ombudsman scheme plea to estate agents ...
Evening Mail;  July 2, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... National Association for Estate Agents, which is leading ... customer care. The Ombudsman for Estate Agents was set up in January ... Hardy believes the ombudsman provides a win-win ... is signed up to the ombudsmen," says Mr Dunsmore ...