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ESTATE agents want to have their cake and eat it.

That is the inescapable conclusion to be drawn from the move by a leading company to increase its commission on house sales in the Dublin area from about 1% to almost 1.5%.

Appropriately, the chief executive of the National Consumer Agency has described as “incredible” the decision by Sherry FitzGerald to raise its fees by 50%.