Great service? New site rates agent performance

More than 700 real estate agents in Washington State have signed up to use a new agent rating service that offers comments only from actual home buyers and sellers .

RatedAgent.com is free to consumers and managed by a third party so an agent cannot stuff the ballot box with reviews written by friends and relatives, according to Larry Romito, the company’s chief executive.

“For agents, RatedAgent offers independently validated survey results, eliminates bogus comments from consumers they never served or competitors pretending to be consumers, and helps those who really deliver great service differentiate themselves from those who only promise great service. All of this results in better choices and better decisions for consumers,” Romito said.