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Article: Estate agents told: put your house in order
- Article from:
- Consumer Policy Review
- Article date:
- May 1, 2004
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CopyrightCopyright Association for Consumers Research May/Jun 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Which? has launched its Move 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 about properties, and over half thought that estate agents frequently invent offers from non-existent buyers.
Which? research also found that estate agents were regularly breaking the law by giving preference to buyers who use their mortgage services, by inventing offers to tempt buyers to up the price, and by failing to pass on all ...