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UK estate agents are paid one of the lowest commission rates in the world, according to a spokesperson for a leading...

There’s lots of talk of people moving over within estate agency to be self-employed so they can chase the dream of...

Like most aspects of life since the pandemic hit, the employment arena has been hit hard. But not just with uncertainty...

New guidance has been issued by the Competitions and Markets Authority for whistleblowers who want to report anti-competitive practices by their...

New guidance spells out how leniency can be exercised on agencies or individuals who inform on anti-competition cartels of the kind that...

The estate agency industry is still under the spotlight for possible illegal price fixing cartels according to the Competition and Markets...

During March, the coronavirus pandemic put the brakes on the property market with an enforced period of shutdown. However, almost two...

A new call has been issued this morning by the Competition and Markets Authority for estate agents to confess if their...

The Competition and Markets Authority says it wants to send “a strong signal” to the estate agency industry that price-fixing will...

The Competition and Markets Authority has released a 135 page document giving explicit details of its latest agency cartel investigation. This includes...

The public are being asked to inform the authorities if they know of agents operating fee-fixing cartels. The request - from the...

The Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally found that four agencies broke competition law by taking part in a price fixing...

The Competition and Markets Authority is stepping up its campaign to identify and prosecute companies behind cartels - and it’s offering...

Here’s some good news to take into the Bank Holiday weekend.  Research undertaken by Estate Agent Today suggests that fees charged by...

Purplebricks has returned to the fray after recent controversies with a claim that home owners saved themselves over £140m in commission...

Purplebricks has issued a provocative response to the government’s new measures to promote a more professional and transparent house buying process.  The...

Two estate agency directors have been disqualified over a cartel scandal which resulted in five agencies being fined over £370,000 for...

Arun Estates has launched what it describes as “a major new departure” - a fully-staffed High Street office but covering a...

The consumer affairs correspondent of The Times has savaged High Street estate agents because of the commission they charge when compared...

The decision by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to fine five estate agents for engaging in a price fixing cartel has...

The Competition and Markets Authority has for the first time published details of the findings against a group of six estate...

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint over a Purplebricks website statement featuring testimonials from clients; the complaint was made...

Swiss bank UBS has downgraded Countrywide’s status to ‘sell’ in a move which has prompted the troubled estate agency’s share price...

Some big news in the agency world last week won’t have escaped the attention of many in the industry. Last Thursday news...

One of the four estate agents fined by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for price-fixing has spoken about the details...

The Competition and Markets Authority has now fined agents over £1m in two landmark cases concerning price-fixing - and it says...

Four Somerset estate agents have agreed to pay fines totalling over £370,000 to the Competition and Markets Authority, after admitting illegal price-fixing.   The...

Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson is launching a fee structure linked directly to what it calls the “customer experience.” Linley &...