Estate agents told: You have 48 hours to end house price deceit

THE consumer watchdog yesterday gave estate agents 48 hours to agree to publish only accurate prices for homes they have sold or face prosecution.

Agents have been publishing artificially high prices so they can win future business from other sellers during the housing downturn.

To combat the practice The Irish Times has had to print a disclaimer in its property section to say it cannot accept responsibility for inaccurate prices supplied by estate agents.