house agent

American  

noun

British.

1. a real-estate agent.

2. a renting agent or a rent collector.

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house agent British  

noun

1. another name for estate agent

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Etymology

Origin of house agent

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

Ms Stephens is also a house agent and fashion designer, and when she is not teaching, she is scouring the city for empty apartments to rent to clients.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2023

The Indian Agency House was built along the portage route between the Fox and Wisconsin rivers in 1832 to house agent John H. Kinzie and his wife, Juliette.

From Washington Times • Aug. 1, 2020

While Agee and special agent Stephen Wells waited outside Katona's house, agent Kimmell and group supervisor Stephen St. Pierre went to Katona's office and waited for him to return from an errand.

From Time Magazine Archive

The local house agent described them as “delightfully old-world” or “completely modernized” according to the requirement of the applicant.

From Max Carrados by Bramah, Ernest

A house agent who is merely instructed to act in the usual way of his calling has no authority to bind his employer by a contract.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various