The purchase of property data specialist company, TM Group by the Canadian software giant Dye & Durham has been declared to be anti-competitive.
Read MoreLATEST: Taylor Wimpey agrees to free leaseholders from ground rent nightmare
Major house builder is latest to help its former customers as the CMA investigation into unfair leasehold practices and miss-selling rumbles on.
Read More‘CMA will not block our bid for Countrywide’ says confident Connells
Fragmented nature of estate agency industry means combined entities will still only hold approximately 8% of the market.
Read MoreFour major house builders under investigation for leasehold mis-selling
Five months after saying it would look into the scandal, the CMA says the firms to be probed are Barratt Developments, Countryside Properties, Persimmon Homes and Taylor Wimpey.
Read MoreBerkshire estate agency cartel bosses disqualified as directors
Stephen Jones and Neil Mackenzie headed up two of the four estate agency firms involved in the cartel, three of which were fined £600,000 earlier this year.
Read MoreLatest: Shocking details of Berkshire agents cartel case laid bare
The detailed discussions between the four estate agents involved in the Berkshire cartel case have been published by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), along with shocking evidence given by the individuals…
Read MoreCompetitions warns lettings agents about use of ‘No DSS’ adverts
CMA has said in a strongly worded clarification that properties can only be advertised if a landlord's mortgage contract specifically prevents benefits claimants.
Read MoreFour Berkshire estate agencies named following CMA cartel investigation
Regulator says its investigation uncovered evidence of price fixing by Michael Hardy, Prospect, Richard Worth and Romans.
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