Estate agents say no to Tesco

Tesco’s plans to sell properties via its stores could be facing some difficulties.

It’s reported that Tesco has been seeking help from existing estate agents’ internet sites to use their listings to help drive traffic to the stores homes for sale - prompting the agents to refuse.

Warren Bright, chief executive of Propertyfinder, said: “We were approached some months ago but we have chosen not to participate, as their proposition is not in the interests of the estate agent, who is our customer.

They wanted to position their private sellers at the top of their listings, followed by our listings. They won’t be getting feed from us.”

Additionally, Ed Williams, group managing director of Rightmove, was more threatening: “We’re not playing ball. This is a Trojan horse and we have declined to participate. Our commitment not to take private advertisers is longstanding and on the record.

If Tesco scrape our listings without our permission, we will take the appropriate legal action.”