Better Homes runs false claims on property ads

Posted by: Chris Saturday, 23 March 2013 11:55 PM[UAE] - UK

How do we know which Real Estate agents we can trust?

Chris ,UK

Posted by: david Monday, 25 March 2013 10:08 AM[UAE] - uae

That's easy Chris . . . none of them!

Posted by: Jassam Al Khafaji Thursday, 7 February 2013 1:44 PM[UAE] - Saudi Arabia

I am an owner of an estate agents in KSA. If you think the UAE market is bad...come and see what goes on here. Generally speaking.....governments should put in place strict regulations on estate agents in what and how they advertise their properties. There should be control on the information (price, completion dates, finshing...etc) that is released to the public. Misleading the public is very unprofessional and unethical, and the knock on effect of misleading the public, is that the public start to genralise and say that all agents are unethical and not trustworthy. There are many honest, ethical and trustworthy agents operating in the market....but because of SOME agents misleading the public...we are all placed in the same boat. Honest agents find themselves spending much time having to prove themselves that they are honest as opposed to closing deals and making comissions the proper way. Market Regulation, Regulation and more regulation is what is required.

Posted by: Bassam Wednesday, 16 January 2013 8:39 PM[UAE] - UAE

Please please please never forget that they are all the same, absolute unscrupulous unethical real estate agents, my consolation is that I never trusted them and never dealt with them.

Posted by: Ripped off Sunday, 20 January 2013 2:11 PM[UAE] - Not UAE

Brian when people get ripped off it is unscrupulous. Better Homes are no better, you obviously were not involved in projects being affected by this unscrupulous marketing. It is not human error and well intended as most of them did this for a sale and nothing more. To sell off plans and promote as they and many others did is unscrupulous as they knew what they were doing and should be held accountable! You may have been one of a very few that may be satisfied with their service but there are thousands upon thousands that were ripped off! Again if this doesn't affect you, there is no claim for you to even be here. You are renting an already completed unit/house or whatever that's easy, anyone can do that, try getting BH or anyone else to rent a hole in the ground!

Posted by: Brian Thursday, 17 January 2013 10:35 AM[UAE] - UAE

I don't work for or with Better Homes, but have known them for many years. Originally I rented through them, and then when I bought a flat in the Greens for investment I gave it to them to rent out and manage, as I'd always found them to be professional and reliable. There are undoubtedly bad estate agents in the UAE, but you can't tar all agents with the same brush - it's like saying 'all' bankers are dishonest, or 'all' politicians are unethical. Yes, Better Homes certainly should have checked their website better - and I'm sure they will in future! - but this wasn't unscrupulous marketing, just careless.

Posted by: Agentio honesto Wednesday, 16 January 2013 7:55 PM[UAE] - UAE

I am an agent, and believe it or not a ethical one. I never charge more than I should and I usually split commission meaning I take a great deal less just to make the deal go through. Better homes charges 3 percent as a rule and much more if they can. yes you heard it right, but disguise it in the deposit they collect from the unsuspecting buyer . They have a big name but their agents are not professional. Don't let their size fool you. In their case size does not matter. It's about time they caught out. Shame on you.

Posted by: Liz Wednesday, 16 January 2013 11:56 AM[UAE] - UAE

And now Better Homes are on Dubai Eye trying to blame everyone but themselves. As the people who run the website they should be running checks, which actually work, and not the web manager just checking for 'grammatical' mistakes. Take responsibility Better Homes.