Article: HOME SALES.(News)

Article: HIPs decision could double fraud among estate agents.
Mortgage Strategy;  March 27, 2006 ;     300 words ...Fraud and corruption among estate agents could double, the former head of the National Association of Estate Agents has warned, after being told by...that it will offer no training to estate agents to sell Home Information Packs...

Article: Protect us from bad estate agents; WATCHDOG DEMANDS REGULATION TO WIPE OUT ABUSES COSTING VICTIMS THOUSANDS.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  April 28, 2004 ;     700+ words ......homebuyers and sellers from unscrupulous estate agents, Britain's leading consumer watchdog...is demanding mandatory regulation of estate agents to eliminate the worst abuses of the...investigation into the industry. It uncovered estate agents giving preference to buyers who use...

Article: FIND NET VALUE OF YOUR HOME; Fed up with estate agents who can't put a value on your house? Help is at hand from the internet.(Features)
Sunday Mirror (London, England);  June 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ......moving home most of us turn to our estate agents to guide us through the ordeal. We...knowledge. But rising complaints against estate agents show more of us think they're just...customers contacted the Ombudsman for Estate Agents (OEA) - an increase of 41 per cent...

Article: Darling announces plans to clampdown on rogue Estate Agents.
M2 Presswire;  November 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ......announces plans to clampdown on rogue Estate Agents(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17112006 Rogue estate agents and traders are being targeted...Alistair Darling today. The Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill would champion...

Article: Estate agents told: put your house in order
Consumer Policy Review;  May 1, 2004 ;     190 words ......It campaign, aimed at tacking rogue estate agents. The campaign follows research which found that there is wide mistrust of estate agents. In a survey, 70 per cent of people thought that estate agents frequently give misleading information...

Article: Will new plans curb rogue estate agents?
Mortgage Strategy;  October 3, 2005 ;     495 words ......intention to crack down on rip- off estate agents. Speaking at the Labour Party Conference...introduce new powers to tackle rogue estate agents. Under the plans, agents who rip off consumers risk a #25,000 fine from the Estate Agents Ombudsman. So, Mortgage Strategy asks...

Article: Estate agents among least trusted people, says survey.
Mortgage Strategy;  May 8, 2006 ;     253 words ...Pressure for estate agents to be licensed has been stepped up with...Than shows 18% of people do not trust estate agents alone in their homes and 69% feel uncomfortable about estate agents showing potential buyers around their...

Article: Consumer view: Regulating estate agents.
Money Marketing;  April 20, 2006 ;     643 words ......Government's refusal to introduce licensing of estate agents is incomprehensible, particularly after...next June, the Government is giving estate agents an unprecedented opportunity to dominate...mortgage and insurance business. Yet estate agents are the one group of individuals in...

Article: ESTATE AGENTS REFUSE TO MEND THEIR LYING AND CHEATING WAYS.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  March 23, 2004 ;     493 words ......scandalous rip-offs and dirty tricks of estate agents will be laid bare by Government watchdogs...commission of more than 5billion a year. Estate agents are virtually a law unto themselves...the Consumers' Association, said: 'Estate agents and poor service is not a new association...

Article: All estate agents 'should be licensed'.(Business)
The Birmingham Post (England);  May 12, 2006 ;     316 words ...All estate agents should be licensed to show that they are qualified...ombudsman said today. Stephen Carr-Smith, Ombudsman for Estate Agents, said it should be made mandatory for estate agents to be licensed before they could join the profession...

Article: COMMERCIAL PROPERTY: Estate agents put their stamp on election debate.(Business)
The Birmingham Post (England);  April 28, 2005 ;     296 words ......duty, first time buyers and licensing of estate agents are the top three issues for estate agents at the forthcoming election, according to research by the National Association of Estate Agents. Despite the Chancellors' increase to...

Article: Will an ombudsman boost estate agents' image?
Mortgage Strategy;  July 24, 2006 ;     419 words ......minister Ian McCartney said all 12,000 UK estate agents will be forced to join the Ombudsman...be enough to restore their faith in estate agents. Jacqueline Woolley, 40, head of accessories...brand I don't have a high opinion of estate agents. They are unscrupulous and there is...

Article: Inquiry into estate agents after surge in complaints
The Independent - London;  June 12, 2002 ;     479 words ...CLAIMS THAT estate agents are exploiting buyers and sellers...homes since the Second World War estate agents are employing increasingly underhand...Wales. Last year the ombudsman for estate agents received more than 5,500 complaints...

Article: Well appointed? Estate agents.(Do estate agents need licensing?)
The Economist (US);  March 27, 2004 ;     522 words ...Let by--or let down by? Estate agents are reviled, but moving house...of a mildly critical report on estate agents by the Office of Fair Trading...Even the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA), the umbrella body, says...