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Hi,
Most people who are buying or selling a home or property are usually a little nervous about doing so unless they have done it a few times.
Is there much in the way of a guidebook available on the internet for helping folks to know what the process is when buying and selling real estate in Australia. As I read your forum posts, it ...
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by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.BSolicitorConsumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au
Last week I received this email:
''Tim,
I was wondering if you could help me with a strange clause. A woman wants to purchase a property for $500,000. She wants to get extra money from the banks to cover deposit, so this is what she ...
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by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.BReal Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer VictoriaDirector 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 the item for themselves, but it is a comment to this item that I find ...
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by Shannyn HunterConveyancer 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, with hesitation they sign on the dotted line and their concerns about legal ...
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by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.BReal Estate LawyerConveyancerConsumer Advocatepeter@lawyersconveyancing.com.au
I have discussed the way in which payments to estate agents can become illegal secret commissions if they are not disclosed, and how the disclosure of payments tends to work against the purpose of the payments. In the absence ...
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by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.BReal Estate LawyerConveyancerConsumer Advocatepeter@lawyersconveyancing.com.au
In the absence of evidence to the contrary, we must assume that Richard Wood Solicitors and Barry Plant Real Estate have done everything the law requires of them in relation to gifts offered to estate agents in return for client ...
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by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.BReal Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer VictoriaDirector Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd
On 3 August, 2007 I published a posting titled ''Richard Wood Solicitors – Gifts To Agents For Client Referrals''. On 13 August, 2007 a person identified only as ''David'' posted the first of a number of comments attacking ...
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by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.BReal Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer VictoriaDirector Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd At 3 p.m. on Wednesday 9 May, 2007 every real estate agent and estate agent representative in the State of Victoria was declared to be a conveyancer, free to conduct conveyancing transactions throughout the State.
No longer ...
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Let's call the real estate agency ''Arrow-Maker Realty'' (AMR), and their conveyancing company ''Arrow-Maker Conveyancing'' (AMC). Both operate under the ''Arrow-Maker'' banner, and clients of one are encouraged to utilise the services of the other. It sounds like good business to offer a one-stop-shop service. But in this case the arrangement ...
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by Tim O’Dwyer M.A., LL.B Queensland Solicitor & Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Over-priced property marketeers are still successfully using well-honed sales methods to scam, stitch-up and rip-off novice investors. A typical marketeering scenario begins with cold-calling of unsuspecting Mums-and-Dads to tout wealth-creation ...
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