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Real Estate News & Consumer Alerts
April, 2008
03/04/08 Beware Of Enzo Raimondo's "Wheelers & Deelers"
March, 2008
05/03/08 Was Phantom Fisher Trying To "Phantomise" Me?
February, 2008
28/02/08 Cameron Fisher - Something Very Fishy!
27/02/08 Don't Be A Party To Mortgage Fraud!
20/02/08 What's Phillip Webb Really Declaring?
19/02/08 Walk Away To Bid Another Day
14/02/08 Another Nail In The Auction Coffin
09/02/08 Janman Taunts Estate Agents To Sue
04/02/08 What Building Inspections Don't Cover
January, 2008
24/01/08 The "Oh", "Really?", And "I Wish I Had Known That!" Of Making An Offer And Obtaining Finance
18/01/08 Ian Reid Takes Aim At Fellow Estate Agents
18/01/08 Clause And Effects - Costly Court Case, Commission Lost And A Solicitor Sued
15/01/08 Shane Lowe Of Methven Real Estate - Switching Of Contracts And Conditions
11/01/08 Fair Trading Nabbs Solicitor
10/01/08 Deep North Agents "Re-Licensed" To Practice Real Estate Law
08/01/08 Max Brown Real Estate: Dodgy Advice And Conflicting Interests
December, 2007
10/12/07 David Falk - An Example Of Estate Agent Power
10/12/07 Gold Coast Law Association Slams Agents And Calls For Contract Reforms
November, 2007
30/11/07 Estate Agents Revolt Against Toothless Tiger
28/11/07 Great Rate, With A Terrible Headache
05/11/07 Ho Hum Bodies Corporate Up For Overhaul
September, 2007
29/09/07 Pricing Propaganda From REIV
August, 2007
03/08/07 Richards Wood Solicitors - Gifts To Agents For Client Referrals
June, 2007
28/06/07 When Does A Purchaser Pay The Agents Commission?
17/06/07 An Unwanted Renovation
14/06/07 Non-Standard General Conditions
06/06/07 Building Permit Hell, Building Commission In Damage Control
May, 2007
10/05/07 Contracts - Real Estate Booby Traps!
10/05/07 Auction Bullying
04/05/07 Free Appraisals Are Worth What They Cost
04/05/07 Buyers Waiting - So Aren't You The Buyers Agent?
04/05/07 Routinely Poor Service From The Real EState Industry
04/05/07 The Monkeys In The Cage
04/05/07 ...And Take Away The Number You Started With
April, 2007
13/4/07 The Gospel According To Nigel
3/4/07 Why Queensland Estate Agents Don't Give Discounts
March, 2007
27/3/07 Winning Auction Bidders Beware
23/3/07 Auctions Exposed As Non-Binding!
17/3/07 Bidding Wars Between Would-Be Tenants
8/3/07 Enlightenment On Illegal Structures
5/3/07 Auctioneer Booed!
February, 2007
19/2/07 Counterfeit Certificates Of Title
15/2/07 Witnesses Beware!
7/2/07 Use A Trust To Secretly Buy Your Neighbour's House!
2/2/07 Were Hoges & Linda Dudded By A Dodgy Agent?
January, 2007
25/1/07 Hey Jude, You Were A True Battler For The Battlers
22/1/07 Beware Of Property Fraudsters
18/1/07 Skilled Conveyancing Develops New "Skills"
December, 2006
18/12/06 Blind Freddy Would Have Spotted The Problems
11/12/06 Contracts - Find The Devil In The Detail
9/12/06 Open For Inspection - Invitation For Theft
8/12/06 Mum & Dad Investors Ripped-Off
3/12/06 Bully Banks Cost Battlers $Millions
November, 2006
29/11/06 Conveyancing Solicitor Suspended
27/11/06 Trust This Agent With Your Money?
22/11/06 Scouting Agents
14/11/06 Scam! That Innocent Phone Call Offering To Help You
8/11/06 Long Overdue: Regulation Of Finance & Mortgage Brokers
3/11/06 Commission Factoring - A Dangerous Development
1/11/06 Ultra-Low Deposits
October, 2006
25/10/06 Estate Agent's Finance Clause
24/10/06 A Real Estate "Rant And Rave" From NSW
23/10/06 Never Mind The Price, Feel The Quality…
17/10/06 The Hypocrisy Of Real Estate Institutes
12/10/06 Consumer Affairs Victoria - Protecting Estate Agents
4/10/06 But Wait, There's More Burlesque In Queensland!
3/10/06 Auction Tales From The Deep North
September, 2006
29/9/06 Conveyancer Warning - Safety Is Still A Long Way Off!
28/9/06 Estate Agents Wanted - Conflict Of Interests?
27/9/06 A Fairly-Priced, Good Value Exercise In Wealth Creation - Like Hell!
22/9/06 Reforms Will Interfere With Freedom Of Contract
19/9/06 More Free Cheese In The Mouse Trap!
17/9/06 Consumer Guide for Building & Renovating
11/9/06 Crikey - What A Sequel!
8/9/06 REIV Cops A Lashing From APM
5/9/06 Contamination – A Trap For The Unwary!
4/9/06 Holding Deposits - There's No Such Thing!
August, 2006
31/8/06 Cover Up Smells
28/8/06 Estate Agent's Enormous Claim
22/8/06 Tame Lawyers Help Real Estate Fraudsters
18/8/06 Sequel To "Gazumping" Posting
16/8/06 "We'll All Be Rooned", said Hanrahan
15/8/06 Finders Keepers?
8/8/06 Why I Like This Estate Agent
8/8/06 Free Valuation? Just A Foot In The Door!
7/8/06 How Cool Is "Cooling Off" In Real Estate Contracts?
2/8/06 Cunning Commission Clause
July, 2006
31/7/06 Estate Agents - Unqualified Hucksters?
26/7/06 Self-Defence For Estate Agents
24/7/06 Guide To Relieve Real Estate "Stress & Heartache"
19/7/06 The Battle Of Multiple Offers
14/7/06 Estate Agent's "Gazumping" Clause
14/7/06 Shark Attacks Shark
12/7/06 Home Truths About Building Inspections
June, 2006
26/6/06 Maitland Horler Ethical Agents - An Oxymoron?
26/6/06 Property Marketeer Finally Pays Up
24/6/06 Worksafe Guidelines Ill-Informed
23/6/06 Estate Agents Who Play "Lawyer"
19/6/06 Submission To The Estate Agents Council
16/6/06 The "Private Auction" – A Haven For The Dummy Bid
13/6/06 A Tale Of Two Cities
10/6/06 Estate Agents Are NOT Valuers!
1/6/06 Estate Agents & The "C" Word
May, 2006
29/5/06 Take Care When Crashing Contracts
26/5/06 Rebate Was Really A Penalty!
22/5/06 Real Estate Documents – Don’t Be A Goose!
21/5/06 Estate Agents Who Straighten Pictures!
17/5/06 Agents - If They Don't List, They Don't Last
16/5/06 "Crackdown" Still Leaves A Loophole
11/5/06 Solicitor Fined $30,000 For Conflict Of Interests
9/5/06 REIV Fudges Sales Figures
8/5/06 The Latest In Real Estate Deception
5/5/06 Ask The Expert Estate Agent? Phooey!
4/5/06 Misleading Marketer Cops Chickenfeed Fine
3/5/06 Punishing A Queensland Rogue
2/5/06 Real Estate Rogue Belatedly Banned For 10 Years
1/5/06 Legalwise Seminars - Not As Wise As They Think!
April, 2006
28/4/06 Section 32 - How Could THE AGE Get It So Wrong?
26/4/06 More On Agents & Contracts
25/4/06 Marketeering Victims' Lament
24/4/06 Litigation Lawyers Ditch Marketeering Clients
21/4/06 Gold coast Solicitor Off The Hook On Old Marketeering Claim
20/4/06 Is The Property Insurable? A Trap For The Unwary!
19/4/06 Dragon Ladies Of Property Management
18/4/06 Mortgage Fraud
16/4/06 Tricks & Traps Of Building & Pest Inspections
13/4/06 Australian Coastal Property Market "On Steroids"
12/4/06 Journo Sucks Like A High-Speed Hoover!
11/4/06 Law Should Make Agents Respect Privacy
05/4/06 Flood Insurance 101
04/4/06 When Your Agent Buys Rather Than Sells Your Property
03/4/06 Free Flight To Misery
March, 2006
31/3/06 I Want My Home Back
30/3/06 Grandma Ripped Off - Dodgy Dealings In Hervey Bay
29/3/06 Neighbours "Impaled" By Home Ownership Crisis
22/3/06 BEWARE – Estate Agents Who Act As Lawyers
21/3/06 Fictional Drug-Dealing Property Investment - How Close To Reality?
14/3/06 Sell Your Home Fast - Get the Buyer's Perspective
9/3/06 Why Estate Agents Should NEVER Handle Contracts
6/3/06 Seven Best Ways to Ruin a Buyer's Visit
4/3/06 Solicitor Broke The Law 178 Times In 12 Months!
3/3/06 Home Inspections - Two Views
2/3/06 Notorious Gold Coast Marketeer Sues Controversial Agent
1/3/06 Preparing Your Home to Sell: To Fix or Not to Fix
February, 2006
28/2/06 For Sale: Nice Home With "Excellent" Tenants
27/2/06 Real Estate Consumer Education (Sort Of) In South Australia
23/2/06 Knowing The Best Home Plan Selling Can Help You Renovate To Sell!
21/2/06 Hey Geoff, Real Estate Deceptions Are Never Funny
17/2/06 Buy Real Estate Without Breaking Your Budget
16/2/06 Three Ways to Determine House Values
15/2/06 The Scandal of Stigma Homes
14/2/06 Choose The Correct Paint Color For Your Decorating Projects
14/2/06 Apartment Buyers Beware - Especially Of Cracks In The Brickwork
11/2/06 Prepare Your Home For Open House by Appealing to the Five Senses
10/2/06 How to Present Your Home for Sale to Potential Purchasers
9/2/06 Real Estate Ambush
7/2/06 Clayton's Finance Approval
4/2/06 Best Remodeling Investments - Kitchens Are HOT!
3/2/06 How to Find Tenants for Your Rental Properties
2/2/06 Tactics Of The Trade
1/2/06 Contracts Fundamentally Flawed
January, 2006
31/1/06 Energy and Real Estate
31/1/06 A Conveyancing Contradiction
30/1/06 Fear Plays Role in First Time Home Purchase
26/1/06 Roused Regulator Re-Rattles Realtor's Cage
26/1/06 Investing In Australian Real Estate
24/1/06 The Five P's of How To Be A Landlord And Manage Real Estate!
24/1/06 A Sad Example Of "Industry Consultation"
20/1/06 Work Experience Or Indoctrination?
18/1/06 Reading Between The Regulator's Lines
17/1/06 Kiwi Auctions
16/1/06 Why Are Purchasers Advised To Measure?
13/1/06 Estate Agents And Security – Vendors At Risk
09/1/06 REIV - LIV: Co-operation Or Conspiracy?
December, 2005
19/12/05 Dumb & Dumber
19/12/05 Why Are There Regulations On Quoting A Sale Price?
19/12/05 Real DOUBLE Standards For Real Estate Agents
13/12/05 More On What Motivates Agents Most
13/12/05 A day in the life of a Settlements Clerk – or Why I hate Banks
11/12/05 REIV To Target Politicians
8/12/05 What Motivates Estate Agents Most?
8/12/05 Buy By Day - Trouble At Night
7/12/05 A Building Inspector's Two Bit's Worth
4/12/05 Agents As Security Goons – The “Open House” Of The Future?
1/12/05 Beware Of The Long-Term Finance Condition
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