Article: Rightmove says more estate agents ready to leave industry; HOUSING MARKET.(Business)

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 ......the Ombudsman for Estate Agents (OEA) - an increase of 41 per cent on 2005. Our problems...increase of 41 per cent in complaints, but the number of estate agents that have joined...more than 80 per cent of UK estate agents are members. And...

Article: Consumer view: Regulating estate agents.
Money Marketing;  April 20, 2006 ;     643 words ......the Hip. Given that estate agents are the first port...industry and licensing estate agents? Part of the problem...anything to do with estate agents. Under the Housing...recently, less than 40 per cent of estate agents were...join the Ombudsman for Estate ...

Article: Inquiry into estate agents after surge in complaints
The Independent - London;  June 12, 2002 ;     479 words ...CLAIMS THAT estate agents are exploiting buyers...Second World War estate agents are employing increasingly...the ombudsman for estate agents received more than...increase of 25 per cent on the previous...the ombudsman for estate agents and the Consumers...deal, ...

Article: Inquiry into estate agents after surge in complaints.(News)
The Independent (London, England);  June 12, 2002 ;     477 words ...CLAIMS THAT estate agents are exploiting buyers...Second World War estate agents are employing increasingly...the ombudsman for estate agents received more than...increase of 25 per cent on the previous...the ombudsman for estate agents and the Consumers...deal, ...

Article: Valuations by estate agents lambasted as 'stabs in the dark'.(News)
The Independent (London, England);  May 10, 2005 ;     634 words ......Property valuations by estate agents are more 'stabs in...The reputation of estate agents is again in the spotlight...sellers invited 56 estate agents to value 14 properties...was at least 25 per cent higher than the lowest...case it was 63 per cent greater. The ...

Article: Estate agents struggling with image; HOUSING.(Business)
The Birmingham Post (England);  October 30, 2007 ;     533 words ......more than 50 per cent for each of the...Association of Estate Agents to require most...between consumers and estate agents, but 10 per cent of these involve...figure was 18 per cent. It's not my job to defend estate agents - I would merely...

Article: Estate agents 'need licensing'
Birmingham Mail;  May 12, 2006 ;     151 words ...ALL estate agents should be licensed to show that they are qualified...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...whole industry to be introduced and for all ...

Article: Estate agents 'need licensing'.(News)
Birmingham Mail (England);  May 12, 2006 ;     151 words ...ALL estate agents should be licensed to show that they are qualified...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...whole industry to be introduced and for all ...

Article: On the house: Net gains for estate agents
Evening Mail;  December 29, 2000 ;     327 words ......Association of Estate Agents. In its latest...found that 84 per cent of respondents...two per cent of estate agents surveyed felt they...fewer than two per cent of clients had...open the door but estate agents are there to greet...

Article: ESTATE AGENTS CASHING IN AS SALES ROCKET
Evening News - Scotland;  July 29, 1999 ;     490 words ......paid out to Edinburgh estate agents as a result of the city...paid out to the city's estate agents last year, with some...bonuses, with most other estate agents getting an additional...Ballantynes solicitors and estate agents, agreed. He said: "There's no question that ...

Article: On the house: Net gains for estate agents.
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  December 29, 2000 ;     331 words ......of high street estate agents, is strengthening...Association of Estate Agents. In its latest...found that 84 per cent of respondents...two per cent of estate agents surveyed felt they...fewer than two per cent of clients had...open the door but estate ...

Article: How honest do you think estate agents are? VOX PROP.(Features)
The Independent (London, England);  April 27, 2005 ;     523 words ......sceptical about how estate agents operate after the discovery...Adams, consultant to estate agents: 'Estate agents tend to get the blame...restore the reputation of estate agents. As it is, someone...agent, but a 10 per cent deposit would make...Carr-Smith, ...

Article: THE END OF ESTATE AGENTS? Internet sites are cutting out the salesmen we love to hate.(Features)
Sunday Mirror (London, England);  November 12, 2006 ;     700+ words ......with 10 per cent of homes now...the help of estate agents. Latest Government...to eight per cent less than market value. Estate agents often put houses...charge one per cent commission...majority of estate agents. SELL IT YOURSELF...

Article: Hips causing disruption to housing market ; As the government announces the roll out of Home Information Packs for all properties to come into effect in two weeks' time, more than 80 per cent of estate agents say they should be abolished.
Herald Express (Torquay UK);  November 30, 2007 ;     450 words ......time, more than 80 per cent of estate agents say they should be abolished...research showed that 70 per cent of estate agents think that HIPs have disrupted...properties caught by the rules. Estate agents say that 51 per cent of sellers do not know...