The Competition and Markets Authority - which yesterday announced it had disqualified two estate agency directors for their parts in a...
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![Watchdog issues “strong signal” to rogue agents who price-fix](/upload/CMA-logo400x310.png)
The Competition and Markets Authority says it wants to send “a strong signal” to the estate agency industry that price-fixing will...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Proceedings against ‘fees cartel’ agent dropped after he accepts disqualification](/upload/CMA-logo400x310.png)
Proceedings against an estate agent at the centre of a fees cartel case have been dropped following his agreement not to stand as...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![A new scandal? Investigation into estate agents likely to report in New Year](/upload/CMA-logo400x310.png)
The Competitions and Markets Authority says the result of its latest probe into estate agencies’ possible infringement of the Competition Act...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents' fees cartel : investigation blows the lid on how it was planned](/upload/CMA-logo400x310.png)
A disciplinary investigation by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has blown the lid on the infamous fee-fixing cartel scandal involving estate...
20 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Estate agency directors are disqualified over cartels scandal](/upload/CMA-logo400x310.png)
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
![Six months before CMA update on agents' alleged Competitions Act breach](/upload/CMA-logo400x310.png)
It is thought likely that there will be no new update on the investigation into agents’ alleged infringement of the Competitions...
06 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Why estate agents need to take compliance seriously](/img/default/eat.png)
Some big news in the agency world last week won’t have escaped the attention of many in the industry. Last Thursday news...
14 March 2017
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![Agents operating in cartels: CMA promises more action if required](/img/default/eat.png)
The Competition and Markets Authority has now fined agents over £1m in two landmark cases concerning price-fixing - and it says...