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  • 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
  • Lousy Advice Can Be Costly

    Consumers are again warned about ''throw away'' legal advice from estate agents. A client of ours has just called to ask whether the estate agent was correct in advising him to sign a Contract Note, even though the date for payment of the deposit expired 4 days ago! The helpful estate agent advised our client that the deposit payment date would ...
    Posted to Australian Real Estate Blog (Weblog) by Peter Mericka on May 1, 2007
  • Cunning Commission Clause

    by Tim O’Dwyer M.A., LL.B Queensland Solicitor & Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Buyers default, seller still ''liable'' to agent.A young home-seller had to change solicitors when a problem arose on his sale. Apart from the same solicitor having acted for both parties, the issue was simple: the buyers could not settle on ...
    Posted to Australian Real Estate Blog (Weblog) by Peter Mericka on May 1, 2007
  • Estate Agent's Finance Clause

          by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer and Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Lawyers Real Estate Consumers should take care if they find that this estate agent's ''Conditional On Finance'' clause has been inserted into the real estate contract. Ian Reid is a Melbourne estate agent whose ''Ian Reid Vendor ...
    Posted to Australian Real Estate Blog (Weblog) by Peter Mericka on April 30, 2007
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