Article: Downturn hits home as estate agency considers cash shake-up.(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: 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 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: 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...

Article: Rash of estate agents 'choking our high streets'.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  December 6, 2005 ;     314 words ...Byline: PATRICK SAWER;OLIVER FINEGOLD ESTATE agents are choking the life out of London...of each other. In Chiswick almost 30 estate agents are packed into High Road and Turnham...Highgate Society over the explosion of estate agents in Highgate village. The society fears...

Article: Sutcliffe announces plan to tackle rogue estate agents.
M2 Presswire;  July 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Sutcliffe announces plan to tackle rogue estate agents(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07222004 Estate agents will have to sign up to independent...current system, the OFT can ban rogue estate agents and there is a voluntary ombudsman...

Article: Let's put proper controls on estate agents
The Sunday Telegraph London;  March 28, 2004 ;     467 words ......to take a look at the activities of estate agents. As we all know, buying or selling...for obtaining redress. The report on estate agents, published last week by the Office...no time in making membership of the estate agents' ombudsman scheme compulsory and raising...

Article: Call for urgent council action as estate agents overrun high street.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  December 6, 2005 ;     253 words ...Byline: PATRICK SAWER;OLIVER FINEGOLD ESTATE agents are choking the life out of London...yards of each other. In Chiswick, 27 estate agents are packed into High Road and Turnham...Highgate Society over the explosion of estate agents in Highgate village. The society fears...

Article: Checks on unlicensed estate agents
The Malay Mail;  March 30, 1999 ;     477 words ......on the activities of unregistered estate agents if the authorities do not exercise...According to Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents president, N. Thina Kumar, these unregistered estate agents seem to have grown in number despite...

Article: `Establish strong, reputable pool of estate agents', BUSINESS TIMES
Business Times (Malaysia);  August 22, 2000 ;     341 words ......UNDERLINING the important role played by estate agents in the property industry, Deputy Finance...said is in view of the shortage of estate agents in the country. Furthermore as a result...review of some of the practices of real estate agents is needed, he said when officiating...

Article: Estate agents, regulator square off.(News)
Pretoria News (South Africa);  March 19, 2008 ;     298 words ......launched an unprecedented attack on estate agents, saying they are unscrupulous , have...Marais, president of the Institute of Estate Agents, said Mapetla was blaming the industry...EAAB has come under heavy fire from estate agents who claim the board is incompetent...

Article: SOLD BY FORGERY & DECENT; ROGUE ESTATE AGENTS EXPOSED.(News)
Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England);  March 26, 2006 ;     449 words ......CHAMBERLAIN Lifestyle Editor ROGUE estate agents have been exposed in a shocking undercover...making bogus offers on houses. Some estate agents were even accused of taking backhanders...duped. Greg Morrall, of Chamberlains Estate Agents in Birmingham, said: I was absolutely...

Article: BC Partners embraces Europe.
Financial News;  February 16, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Hutchings In its 17 years of existence, BC Partners has become one of only a handful of...gradually add foreign subsidiaries, BC Partners established offices in Hamburg, Paris...funds in ecus. John Burgess, one of BC Partners' founders and a managing partner in...

Article: BC Partners confirms bid for 6C pubs
The Scotsman;  April 1, 2003 ;     349 words ...PRIVATE equity firm BC Partners yesterday broke cover and confirmed...chains, from the hotels business. BC Partners had been rumoured to be the venture...hostile bid for the whole of 6C. BC Partners said yesterday: "Following the announcement...