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Tesco’s online property sale to put agents under fire
Tesco, the superstore giant that created its own set of medical and musical stores giving other chemists, stationers and music retailers a run for their money, is now making a foray into the property sector that is ruled by estate agents.
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OEA calls for compulsory redress scheme along with ‘one-stop shop’
Close on the heels of Which?, the consumer magazine’s report last week that notified irregular valuations by estate agents saying that the sale of property was being treated like lottery, the Ombudsman for Estate Agents (OEA) summoned all estate agents today to join a mandatory redress scheme, so that property complaints could be duly addressed.
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Agents price homes differently, which can cost customers dear
Be careful while selling your home or having your home valued, several valuations may be the order of the day as a new research has revealed that estate agents have been treating the sale of property somewhat like a lottery, by valuating homes differently, creating massive differences in house prices and valuations.
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Conservatives promise estate agents that HIPs will be abolished
At a discussion in the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) last week, John Hayes, the shadow minister for housing and planning told estate agents that proposals for mandatory Home Information Packs (HIP) would be dismissed if the conservatives formed the government. Labour had proposed to make HIPs compulsory after 2007.
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Property market may blossom in spring: survey report
Well-known property research organisation Halifax have done their bit in making an upbeat mood return to the market. Their survey reports that house prices actually rose by 0.5% in March reversing February’s drop of 0.5%. Builders, developers, intermediaries, brokers and lenders are reasonably optimistic as consequent to the cooling down in the property market, their turnovers were affected. They hope that the downtrend will be replaced by an uptrend in the coming months.
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