The Property Ombudaman
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The Ombudsman Files – Dual agent fee dispute leads to £11,160 award
The Property Ombudsman was asked to investigate a dispute about an agent fee after the sale of a property that two agents had been involved in.
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Complaints about property firms rise by 15% TPO figures show
Rebecca Marsh of the redress scheme says it nevertheless reduced the number making it to formal complaint stage via early resolution and intervention.
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Complaints about estate agents jumped by a third in 2020, says TPO
Ombudsman says part of the reason is that its new complaints portal makes it easier to make contact and begin process.
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TPO reveals latest rogue agents excluded from its redress scheme
Ombudsman reveals seven agents almost all of which have ceased trading including one which is now being probed by The Insolvency Service.
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Meet the new face of the The Property Ombudsman, Rebecca Marsh
Marsh is a career industry redress expert including 17 years spent overseeing nuclear, police, health and legal sectors before landing the property job.
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TPO expels five estate agents, but four have already stopped trading!
Agents in Milton Keynes, London, Llanelli, Norwich and Reading all failed to pay awards to customers and have been kicked out by TPO.
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Estate agency reported to Ombudsman and Trading Standards over unprotected deposit and late rent payments
Landlord says she is disappointed that light industry regulation means agents who fail in their responsibilities or break the law are allowed to continue trading unchecked.
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Purplebricks told to pay tenants compensation after maintenance failings
TPO finds against the hybrid agency for failing to pass on maintenance requests to a landlord and appearing to ignore email from tenants requesting action.
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Latest haul of expelled TPO agents revealed
Two newly-expelled agents from The Property Ombudsman and four with extended bans takes 2018's total to over 60 estate agents.
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Property Ombudsman expels record seven members in one month
The Property Ombudsman (TPO) has expelled seven member agents, which is believed to be the largest number kicked out of its scheme in a single month since the organisation was established in 1990. The agents are Exeter firm Bower & Bower, Secret Property in Halifax, Marilla Garland Property Management in Cambridge, Seekers Estate Agents in Birmingham, Alexander Reed in Middlesex, Abby Lettings and Sales in Sunderland and HAB and KAL Properties, also in Middlesex. As is always the case, the agents were taken to TPO by disgruntled customers for breaches of the TPO code of conduct and, after losing their cases, refused or were unable to pay the agreed award and therefore have been expelled. All the companies involved have been kicked out for between one and three years but, unless they pay the agreed awards, will be unable to join any other redress scheme and therefore cannot continue trading. This is an unprecedented number of agents to be kicked out of TPO’s scheme; usually only one or two face the ultimate sanction each month. TPO has highlighted one of the seven cases, which is a shocking tale of two complaints against 44-year-old company Bower & Bower. Shocking case Both…
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