MARBELLA, Spain, August 21 /PRNewswire/ -- A leading real estate
company has withdrawn its membership of the UK's National Association of
Estate Agents (NAEA), due to concerns that the body is be being used as a
platform for libellous comments against it.
MRI Overseas Property, the largest overseas real estate firm in Europe,
announced the move today having been refused the adjournment of an NAEA
hearing.
The company says it requested the adjournment in order to collate and
present evidence that it claimed would bring into question the "motivation
and good faith" of the complainants.
It also wanted sufficient time to collate this evidence in order to
instigate legal action against the perpetrators.
Dominic Pickering, the company's chief operating officer, said:
"The NAEA took the wholly unreasonable decision to proceed with this
hearing, despite being informed of the very serious matters we have
uncovered. They have not been able to provide us with any justification for
this approach.
"As such, and given that the NAEA claims to represent the interests of
its members, I am simply at a loss to understand how they can consider it
appropriate to deprive us of a fair hearing in this way.
"In the circumstances, I have entirely lost faith in the processes and
authority of the NAEA, and I have regrettably concluded that we can no
longer remain associated with them."
He added: "The NAEA has sadly failed to demonstrate its impartial
position, and even after it was provided with information showing its
failings, it refused to correct the situation."
Editors' Notes
The MRI Group
MRI Overseas Property is a member of the MRI Group, and has offices in
18 countries. The MRI Group has interests in property construction, sales,
resales and rental, and owns a UK property television channel, OPTV
(satellite 287). The company was founded in 2000 and has its head office in
Marbella, Spain.
National Association of Estate Agents
The National Association of Estate Agents states that its "key roles
include providing help and guidance for property professionals across a
broad spectrum of disciplines while continually campaigning to make the
property market more efficient and user-friendly for the home buying and
selling public."
Internet: http://www.themrigroup.com
Email: dominic.pickering@mrioverseasproperty.com
Tel: +34-952-90-11-66
Internet: http://www.naea.co.uk
Email: info@naea.co.uk
Tel: +44(0)1926-496800
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