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  • Guide For Buying and Selling

    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 ...
    Posted to Consumer Questions (Forum) by Tasmanian-Property.com on March 13, 2008
  • Real Estate Agents Preying On Battlers

    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 ...
    Posted to Australian Real Estate Blog (Weblog) by Peter Mericka on January 28, 2008
  • The "Oh", "Really?" and "I Wish I Had Known That!" of Making an Offer and Organising Finance

    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 ...
    Posted to Australian Real Estate Blog (Weblog) by Shannyn Hunter on January 24, 2008
  • Who Will Pay The (Legal) Ferrymen?

     by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.BSolicitorConsumer 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’, rather than real estate agents’, preparing sales contracts. The first ...
    Posted to Australian Real Estate Blog (Weblog) by Peter Mericka on November 29, 2007
  • Richard Wood Solicitors Letter – An Estate Agent Attacks

    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 ...
    Posted to Australian Real Estate Blog (Weblog) by Peter Mericka on August 27, 2007
  • Should conveyancing solicitors act for both parties?

    by Tim O’Dwyer Queensland Solicitor & Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au The simple answer to the above question is no. But I guess many of us will, from time to time, act for both parties in conveyancing transactions. And, frankly, many of us will continue to do so until the governments in our various states and territories ...
    Posted to Australian Real Estate Blog (Weblog) by Peter Mericka on May 4, 2007
  • Beware Of Property Fraudsters

    by Tim O’Dwyer M.A., LL.B Queensland Solicitor & Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au   A while ago Australian Property Investor magazine reported on the fraudulent and illegal practices of ''jacked'' real estate contracts and secret ''rebates'' on sale prices. The ABC’s Four Corners programme has also exposed the same ...
    Posted to Australian Real Estate Blog (Weblog) by Peter Mericka on April 28, 2007
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