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![Asking price cuts fail to win sales for two-third of homes - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Some 36% of all homes which have had asking prices cut this year are now listed as sold subject to contract. GetAgent...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agent over-valuations keep asking prices higher - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyValue_400x310.png)
Over-valuations remain a factor behind why asking prices haven’t fallen further yet, agents suggest. The latest Rightmove House Price Index for July...
21 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![And the winners are… UK’s top rated agents are revealed](/upload/images/shutterstock_1095297200.jpg)
The most highly-rated agents in the UK have been revealed. Comparison website allAgents has unveiled the winners of its 2023 People Awards. These...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
!['Cheerleader’ estate agents take 11 weeks longer to sell listings - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
A high-profile agency brand has hit out at “cheerleader’ estate agents” who it claims encourage vendors to push up the asking...
13 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents ‘being trained to overvalue homes’ - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Agency reviews website allAgents has shone a spotlight on industry trainers. It claims at least one unnamed industry trainer is advocating overvaluing...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Sellers overvaluing their homes by 8% compared with agents](/upload/images/library/Gold%20house.jpg)
Homeowners in England and Wales overvalue their properties by an average of 8%, research suggests. Property buying firm Quick Move Now compared...
21 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Dan Muir, Area Sales Manager, LetsBid Property](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Dan Muir, Area Sales Manager, LetsBid Property What is LetsBid and...
05 March 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![Online agents hit out at High Street rivals about ‘over-valuations’](/img/default/eat.png)
Online estate agents have seized on the recent national newspaper article accusing estate agents of over-valuing properties to earn higher fees. The...
09 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Over-valuing: agents fight back after press allegations](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s anger in the industry over an article in The Times which accused agents of overvaluing properties - although why this was happening...
08 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: If agents are overvaluing, is it time to look elsewhere?](/img/default/eat.png)
My eye was caught yesterday morning by news that PropTech company, Agent Software, is claiming that ‘some agencies deliberately over-value properties...
15 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Desperate agents deliberately overvaluing, claims PropTech company](/img/default/eat.png)
A PropTech firm has adopted the unusual position of claiming some agencies deliberately over-value properties in a bid to win instructions. Agent...
14 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![AllAgents names Purplebricks as 'worst rated agency for 2017'](/img/default/eat.png)
The war between AllAgents review website and Purplebricks has continued with the site naming the hybrid agency the “worst rated one...