More complaints about misleading ads lodged against UK estate agents have been upheld this year than in all of 2016 . In the past 18 months, it has banned six of Purplebricks’s adverts. The Advertising Standards Authority supported 13 complaints in the first six months of 2017 , compared with 12 last year . The increase comes amid a surge in the use of online property agents : Facebook had six of its ads removed in the past 18 months for asking how much customers would save by using its service , and rival HouseSimple was found also to have misled homebuyers over its charges .
More complaints about misleading ads lodged against UK estate agents have been upheld this year than in all of 2016 . The Advertising Standards Authority supported 13 complaints in the first six months of 2017 , compared with 12 last year . The increase comes amid a surge in the use of online property agents : Facebook had six of its ads removed in the past 18 months for asking how much customers would save by using its service , and rival HouseSimple was found also to have misled homebuyers over its charges .