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Rat and Mouse announces Register of Estate Agents

London’s number one property blog announced today the brand new Register of Estate Agents (ROEA), a service aimed at helping separate “the pros from the, er, cons in UK estate agency.” Apparently, the ROEA differs from existing National (and very unresponsive) Association of Estate Agents (NAEA)as well as the as yet unproven Ombudsmen scheme; in that it permits direct feedback from the general public and already has an impressive 7,000 agents registered, compared with 10,000 advertised NAEA members; a company which has been around for 40 years. Clearly the ROEA has tapped into something that the agents are loving.
But it ain’t cheap; it currently costs”£1 a day” at the ROEA; (agents have the added benefit of registering for “a day, week or up to a year”), versus £1-200/year to be an NAEA member.