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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...

The Queen’s Speech has unveiled proposed overhauls on planning, consumer and economic crime laws that could all have an effect on...

The government is being urged to go further with its clampdown on fake reviews. A government announcement aimed at protecting consumers last...

The international reviews service Trustpilot has batted away criticism from a property website that it ignores breaches of its guidelines. Last week,...

The war of words between various property review platforms continues apace. The latest accusation concern comparison website GetAgent, and specifically reviews of...

Reviews website Trustpilot has hit back after being attacked by property website allAgents.  allAgents chief Martin McKenzie is calling for Trustpilot chief...

A long running dispute between reviews website allAgents and Purplebricks has come back to life - with a new twist. In 2017...

The Competititon and Markets Authority says it’s to look into reviews on Google and Amazon, and see whether the online giants...

The Competition and Markets Authority says it has pushed Facebook into taking new action to combat fake reviews - an issue...

Scams are rife in the quick house buying sector with many companies seeking to take advantage of sellers in desperate situations. That’s...

The Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into fake and misleading online reviews. The announcement from the watchdog does not...

An estate agency has been targeted by scammers who leave fake reviews if they haven’t been given a pay-off. Minors & Brady...

We all know how stressful buying a home is, whether it’s your very first step onto the ladder or your final...

An online estate agency which last week claimed it had resolved a dispute over reviews it showed on its website is...

More than half of home owners now use online reviews to choose their estate agent when putting their property on the...

A BBC Radio 5 Live analysis of online reviews has reignited the argument about the glut of positive reviews for Purplebricks...

Hybrid agency Purplebricks and website allAgents have failed in their bid to reach agreement over the accuracy and source of a...

2016 has undoubtedly shone a spotlight on the reviews industry and drawn into question the legitimacy of online customer reviews.  Amazon, amongst...

Online reviews play an increasingly vital role in shaping the decisions of customers. Practically everyone using the internet to compare estate...

It’s nearly June – June! – already. Seriously, where has this year gone? This means summer is nearly upon us, with a...

The Competition and Markets Authority has ordered a company to stop writing fake reviews for small businesses and to try to...

The raterAgent website is to use an automatic email generating service to encourage more reviews. raterAgent has teamed up with Reapit to...

The rising phenomenon of agent-rating and review websites is a topic that seems to have caused considerable division and controversy among...

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