Self-employed agency brand eXp has terminated the contract of agent Ian Wyn-Jones following allegations about his working practices. Wyn-Jones, who joined eXp...
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The Queen’s Speech has unveiled proposed overhauls on planning, consumer and economic crime laws that could all have an effect on...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The government is being urged to go further with its clampdown on fake reviews. A government announcement aimed at protecting consumers last...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The international reviews service Trustpilot has batted away criticism from a property website that it ignores breaches of its guidelines. Last week,...
15 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The war of words between various property review platforms continues apace. The latest accusation concern comparison website GetAgent, and specifically reviews of...
09 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Reviews website Trustpilot has hit back after being attacked by property website allAgents. allAgents chief Martin McKenzie is calling for Trustpilot chief...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A long running dispute between reviews website allAgents and Purplebricks has come back to life - with a new twist. In 2017...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The Competititon and Markets Authority says it’s to look into reviews on Google and Amazon, and see whether the online giants...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The Competition and Markets Authority says it has pushed Facebook into taking new action to combat fake reviews - an issue...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Scams are rife in the quick house buying sector with many companies seeking to take advantage of sellers in desperate situations. That’s...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News
The Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into fake and misleading online reviews. The announcement from the watchdog does not...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News
An estate agency has been targeted by scammers who leave fake reviews if they haven’t been given a pay-off. Minors & Brady...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News
We all know how stressful buying a home is, whether it’s your very first step onto the ladder or your final...
18 March 2020
From: Features
An online estate agency which last week claimed it had resolved a dispute over reviews it showed on its website is...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News
More than half of home owners now use online reviews to choose their estate agent when putting their property on the...
10 October 2018
From: Features
A BBC Radio 5 Live analysis of online reviews has reignited the argument about the glut of positive reviews for Purplebricks...
30 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Hybrid agency Purplebricks and website allAgents have failed in their bid to reach agreement over the accuracy and source of a...
30 November 2017
From: Breaking News
2016 has undoubtedly shone a spotlight on the reviews industry and drawn into question the legitimacy of online customer reviews. Amazon, amongst...
03 December 2016
From: Features
Online reviews play an increasingly vital role in shaping the decisions of customers. Practically everyone using the internet to compare estate...
22 October 2016
From: Features
It’s nearly June – June! – already. Seriously, where has this year gone? This means summer is nearly upon us, with a...
27 May 2016
From: Features
The Competition and Markets Authority has ordered a company to stop writing fake reviews for small businesses and to try to...
08 March 2016
From: Breaking News
The raterAgent website is to use an automatic email generating service to encourage more reviews. raterAgent has teamed up with Reapit to...
18 February 2016
From: Breaking News
The rising phenomenon of agent-rating and review websites is a topic that seems to have caused considerable division and controversy among...