New agent, phantom buyers and the career-ending consequences
A California agent created three fake offers to keep a luxury listing from expiring. Troy Palmquist and Summer Goralik look at how the scheme unraveled in their latest True Crimes...
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A California agent created three fake offers to keep a luxury listing from expiring. Troy Palmquist and Summer Goralik look at how the scheme unraveled in their latest True Crimes...
HouseMe.ai, a free-to-use AI-powered platform created by brokers at The Agency, will initially launch in Toronto with plans to expand in the U.S.
A veteran broker shares the warning signs brokers should be looking for to help prevent scams
Victoria Steele faces 19 charges of fraud by false representation related to her running of Swaffham-based eHomes
WEBINAR Know Your Agent: The Future of Trust in an AI-Driven World June 17, 2026 1:00 pm EDT Is “Know Your Agent” the next framework for trust in the digital economy? AI-powered pe...
A veteran broker shares the warning signs brokers should be looking for to help prevent scams
Navigating the property market? The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, mandates registration for agents dealing with registered projects. This ensures transparency...
At the Milken Conference in May 2026, Robert F. Smith, founder and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, described a shift that every security leader should hear. Software, he said, has mo...
Real estate is one of the largest industries in the world, and one of the least changed. It still runs on 1950s premises, sold as a “human-to-human, relationship-driven” business....
The broker said the money went out "out of agency funds." The agent of record says it never arrived
Advertising watchdog found marketing claims could mislead consumers and instructed the agency to amend the promotion
The opportunity for agents is significant
A former Norfolk estate agent has appeared in court facing 19 charges of fraud by false representation totalling approximately £50,000. Victoria Steele, 51, who operated Swaffham-b...
The platform allows Propertymark members to send and receive referrals, valuation requests and instructions through a network of agents
Woman Arrested in Davao City for Alleged P1.12-Million Housing Fraud A woman accused of pretending as an Pag-IBIG agent was arrested in Davao City over alleged P1 million. housing...
In one case, a woman showed up to move into an apartment and found someone else living there, prosecutors say. [ more › ]
The Property Ombudsman has ordered an estate agent to compensate buyers £790 after failing to disclose the existence of a competing purchaser during a property transaction. The cas...
In March 2026, a US federal court ruled in Amazon v. Perplexity that a user’s permission to an AI agent does not constitute the platform’s authorisation. The ruling was narrow in i...
Due to the seriousness of the case, it was sent to Snaresbrook Crown Court
It is now essential that agencies carry out full ‘safety net’ checks across all communication channels and publicly available information to ensure compliance
The winning agents in the next cycle will not be the ones who adopt AI fastest, America Foy writes. They will be the ones who learn to verify AI output fastest.
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More than 4,200 complaints were lodged against agents in 2025
Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador is warning renters to watch for fraudulent property listings and demands for upfront payments as competition for housing remains high across th...
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