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OPINIONby Peter Mericka B.A., LL.BReal Estate LawyerQualified Practising Conveyancer VictoriaDirector Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd
The old Contract Note was a very simple document. It contained no General Conditions (these were incorporated by reference) and so purchasers were not frightened of it. Estate agents were never asked difficult ...
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OPINIONby Peter Mericka B.A., LL.BReal Estate LawyerQualified Practising Conveyancer VictoriaDirector Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd
I have been very critical of the underhanded approach taken by the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) in designing the new standard form Contract of Sale of Real Estate so as to create an even more ...
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OPINIONby Peter Mericka B.A., LL.BReal Estate LawyerQualified Practising Conveyancer VictoriaDirector Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd
The new Contract of Sale of Real Estate prescribed by the Estate Agents (Contracts) Regulations 2008 was supposed to end the dodgy practice of estate agents withholding terms and conditions from purchasers, ...
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Pauline Ferguson, switched the contract my firm had prepared, and replaced it with a simple ''fill in the blanks'' Contract Note. Neither Pauline Ferguson nor her boss, Geoff Thompson, made any attempt to discuss the matter with me (probably because they knew they would be told reminded that it is illegal for them to tamper with contracts), and ...
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OPINIONby Peter Mericka B.A., LL.BReal Estate LawyerQualified Practising Conveyancer VictoriaDirector Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd
Geoff Thompson is the Director of Barry Plant Real Estate in Croydon Victoria, and the Barry Plant Real Estate tag line is ''The red carpet experience''. I felt that the red carpet had been pulled out from ...
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OPINIONby Peter Mericka B.A., LL.BReal Estate LawyerQualified Practising Conveyancer VictoriaDirector Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd
David Sowersby is the Director of Walshe & Whitelock Real Estate, Brunswick and an Associate of the Real Estate Institute of Australia. David Sowersby is also a ''contract switcher''. Some years ago I ...
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It would appear that Barry Plant Real Estate has adopted the tactic of having a ''gazumping'' clause inserted into real estate contracts. We again warn consumers against allowing estate agents to tamper with the contract.
A ''gazumping'' clause is a special condition which is inserted into a purchaser's ...
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by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.BSolicitorConsumer 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 Bulletin newspapers, on ABC radio and here in the Australian Real Estate Blog, I ...
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Shane Lowe is the Director of Methven Professionals Real Estate in Mooroolbark, Victoria. A case of ''contract switching'' resulted in some startling revelations from Mr. Lowe. It seems that Mr. Lowe and the great P.T. Barnum have much in common when it comes to business ethics. P.T. Barnum is credited with the saying, ''Never ...
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Continuing our theme on estate agents and their control over the contract stage of the sale transaction, the following is an extreme example of the way estate agents are empowered by their access to the contract, and how some will use that power to the detriment of all parties involved. More...
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