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KEYWORD "Rogue Estate Agent" - 32 RESULTS
Agent expelled by Ombudsman for failing to pay award to seller

An agency that has now closed down has been expelled by The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay an award of...

26 August 2020

From: Breaking News

Online agent who swindled pensioner of £5,000 escapes jail

An estate agent who swindled a 69 year old woman out of £5,000 has escaped jail - and has been ordered...

02 March 2020

From: Breaking News

Public asked to inform on other fee-fixing estate agents

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

18 December 2019

From: Breaking News

Jailed agent on sex offenders’ register for next 10 years

An estate agent has been jailed for 19 months and will have to be on the sex offenders’ register for the...

21 August 2019

From: Breaking News

Crooked swindler estate agent jailed - and the police are delighted

An estate agent who ruthlessly used his position as a prominent figure in the community to win the trust of vulnerable...

22 July 2019

From: Breaking News

You're going to prison agent told in £110,000 fraud case

An estate agent in the north east of England has been told he will face prison after admitting two counts of...

15 May 2019

From: Breaking News

Con-man agent jailed for swindling over £300,000 from company

An estate agent who stole per £300,000 from an estate agency spent the money on designer goods and expensive holidays -...

30 January 2019

From: Breaking News

Crackdown on agents likely as government doubles funding for regulator

In a surprise weekend announcement the government has almost doubled funding for the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team - the...

01 September 2018

From: Breaking News

Agents misleading buyers about in-house mortgage services, says Which?

The consumer group Which? says some estate agents are misleading buyers about in-house mortgage services.  The consumer group has issued a number...

16 July 2018

From: Breaking News

Buying agent claims she was offered bribe to secure a higher offer on house

A central London buying agent says she was once offered a bribe by an estate agent to try to persuade a...

17 April 2018

From: Breaking News

Estate agency directors are disqualified over cartels scandal

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

10 April 2018

From: Breaking News

Average agency fine for AML non-compliance is £12,000

A survey suggests that the average fine incurred by estate agents for apparent non-compliance with anti-money laundering regulations is £11,842. Research by...

04 April 2018

From: Breaking News

Agent jailed after using client's details to take out £30,000 in loans

An estate agent has been jailed for 18 months after he took out £30,000 worth of loans in the name of...

26 March 2018

From: Breaking News

Rightmove accused of ignoring agents allegedly re-listing sold properties

Rightmove has been accused of ignoring instances where agents have allegedly re-listed properties that have been sold in a bid to...

07 December 2017

From: Breaking News

Suspended prison sentence for agent after Gumtree scam

An estate agent branded as "thoroughly dishonest" following a Gumtree scam has been jailed for 20 months, suspended for two years....

06 November 2017

From: Breaking News

Veteran agent loses employment tribunal after giving false evidence

An estate agent with a career of nearly 24 years has lost his employment tribunal after a judge ruled he gave...

02 October 2017

From: Breaking News

Petition claims many Rightmove listings are speculative and over-priced

A mystery online petition is urging Rightmove to filter its advertisements “in a bid to curb down inflationary / speculative / fake...

26 September 2017

From: Breaking News

Whistleblower claims dodgy practices by agents cost public thousands

The Daily Telegraph claims that what it calls “dodgy practices” are leaving customers “thousands of pounds out of pocket.” The article quotes...

11 September 2017

From: Breaking News

NTSEAT investigating kidnapping, violence and insider trading

The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team based in Powys has revealed that its cases under investigation include apparent offences of...

03 November 2016

From: Breaking News

Agent jailed for five years after taking £450,000 from elderly clients

An estate agent has been jailed for five years for taking more than £450,000 from elderly clients in Cumbria. A BBC report says...

25 April 2016

From: Breaking News

Estate agent on £450,000 fraud charges told he may face prison

An estate agent who has pleaded guilty to 13 counts of fraud involving around £450,000 has been warned he is likely...

10 March 2016

From: Breaking News

Agent jailed for attempting to swindle 89-year-old vendor in care home

A rogue estate agent has been jailed for 10 months for what a judge has described as a “thoroughly dishonest” act,...

07 March 2016

From: Breaking News

Explicit CCTV shows jailed estate agent repeatedly running over man

Police have released footage of an estate agent who has been jailed for four years after repeatedly running over his girlfriend's...

22 February 2016

From: Breaking News

Agents expelled from Property Ombudsman over compensation dispute

Two more agents have been expelled by TPO because they failed to pay awards when ordered to pay compensation, and because...

11 November 2015

From: Breaking News

Anti-money laundering: NAEA awaits government response to call for action

The National Association of Estate Agents is awaiting a response from the government to its demand for four changes to sale...

11 November 2015

From: Breaking News

'Revenge porn' online pictures lead to jail for jilted estate agent

An estate agent who was jilted by his girlfriend has been jailed for sending explicit sexual images of her to another...

29 October 2015

From: Breaking News

New Trading Standards 'toolkit' to beef up policing of estate agents

A new ‘enforcement toolkit’ has been designed to assist local authority trading standards teams beef up its policing of local estate...

08 September 2015

From: Breaking News

Estate agent jailed after diesel and bleach attack

A jealous estate agent has been jailed for two months after dousing the bed of his ex-partner with diesel fuel and...

03 August 2015

From: Breaking News

CMA estate agents' fine a 'highlight of the year'

The fines issued by the Competition and Markets Authority on a local association of estate agents and three of its members...

23 July 2015

From: Breaking News

RICS promises disciplinary action over From Russia With Cash

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is the latest body to warns its estate agent members that they have a legal...

13 July 2015

From: Breaking News

Agency review website to name and shame fake reviewers

Estate and letting agency review site raterAgent says an analysis of its own website suggests that 17 per cent, or just...

22 June 2015

From: Breaking News

CMA tweets out warnings to agents over trade group rules

The Competition and Markets Authority has used Twitter to inform agents of the risks of joining trade assocaitons with loosely-worded or...

22 June 2015

From: Breaking News

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