Emoov continued tussle with Advertising Standards Authority rages on

The active conflict between controversial online real estate agency, Emoov, and the Advertising Standards Authority continues without slowing.

In the first half of November the ASA issued a statement saying that it had received a complaint from Andrew Stanton, the industry analyst who runs Estate Agency Insights and Strategies.

Stanton claimed that many of the glowing reviews and testimonials on the Emoov website referred to the performance of the agency under its previous operator, Russell Quirk; there were far fewer reviews and testimonials referring to Emoov in recent months, since it was taken over by PropTech firm Mashroom. 

The ASA’s statement some weeks ago said the authority had raised the issues with Mashroom which pledged to take action to remedy the inaccuracies.

At the same time Emoov’s Chief Operating Officer - Naveen Jaspal, a former Countrywide and Purplebricks agent - claimed in a separate statement:

“The claims made in the recent news were resolved last month, and we worked closely with the ASA to ensure that we complied fully with their request ... We are in the process of rebuilding a fresh new website, using the wonderful reviews we have received from 2019.”

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