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

I have to confab with a house agent in the forenoon.

From North of Fifty-Three by Fischer, Anton Otto

If this order were not obeyed he should at once put the letting of the place into the hands of a house agent.

From Is He Popenjoy? by Trollope, Anthony