PHOTO: Ricacorp said the behaviour was widespread in the industry

Property agent Ricacorp removes 9,000 fake listings as it takes aim at rampant industry practice

Other property agencies, however, denied fabricating or duplicating flat listings, and said that they complied with rules from industry watchdog, the Estate Agents Authority (EAA).

The company said it had filtered out 9,000 property listings from the more than 15,000 on its website because they either had false information to attract customers or they were duplicates of existing ones because of multiple uploads by different agents.

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