Australian Real Estate Blog : Contract, Conveyancing

Beware of Agents' Pet Building Inspectors!

Peter Mericka — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:54:00 GMT

OPINION by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au When will governments put in place stronger legislative measures to protect real estate consumers not only from self-serving real estate agents, but also from...(read more)

Preventing Estate Agents From Preparing Contracts

Peter Mericka — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:21:00 GMT

by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au After firing more than a few verbal bullets over recent months at Queensland’s Attorney-General (and Fair Trading Minister) Kerry Shine in The Courier Mail and Gold Coast...(read more)

Real Estate Agents Preying On Battlers

Peter Mericka — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:42:00 GMT

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd " Real Estate Agents Preying On Battlers " is the title of an article appearing on the ABC news website. I invite visitors to...(read more)

The "Oh", "Really?" and "I Wish I Had Known That!" of Making an Offer and Organising Finance

Shannyn Hunter — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:55:00 GMT

by Shannyn Hunter Conveyancer shannyn@lawyersconveyancing.com.au Lawyers Conveyancing On Monday morning purchasers can experience a real estate hangover. After a weekend of elation at finding their dream house and pressure from the agent to make an offer,...(read more)

Who Will Pay The (Legal) Ferrymen?

Peter Mericka — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:28:00 GMT

by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Below are comments I have received independently from a couple of legal colleagues. They are clearly quite concerned about the ‘costs consequences’ of conveyancing solicitors’,...(read more)

Non-Standard General Conditions

Peter Mericka — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:55:00 GMT

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd At Lawyers Conveyancing we check a lot of real estate contracts as part of our pre-purchase legal advice service . Recently we...(read more)