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by Shannyn HunterConveyancer shannyn@lawyersconveyancing.com.au Lawyers Conveyancing
Anyone who has dealt with the banks for a home loan will tell you about their battle scars with pride. Simply securing finance approval can be a frustrating and baffling task. An anxious purchaser can be kept waiting for finance approval because the ...
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OPINIONby Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.BSolicitorConsumer 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 their own trusting natures?
The story below from a school teacher client of mine, whilst ending ...
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by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.BSolicitorConsumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au
This latest ''Clayton's'' finance approval letter is hot off my fax machine.
Last year I reported on an upbeat broker’s keenness to show me that my clients’ finance had been “approved” - by way of a copy of a letter from the lending bank confirming that ...
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by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.BSolicitorConsumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au
Victoria’s solicitors have been informed by their Legal Practitioners’ Liability Committee (“LPLC”) that their mishandling of property conveyancing is one of the most costly sources of clients’ negligence claims. Whether ...
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by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.BSolicitorConsumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au
Brisbane conveyancing solicitor Chris Bridge became concerned when he noticed that his buyer client’s contract included a special condition authorising the pre-settlement release of the selling agent’s commission. Such a “pre-draw” practice may be ...
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Hi Guy,
You could make contact with the Law Society of Tasmania and Consumer Affairs & Fair Trading as a first avenue of enquiry for such material.
You will find that each State has different laws, rates of stamp duty, and standards of professional expertise when it comes to services associated with real estate.
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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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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
Walk away to bid another day - but not before the auction is over.
Picture yourself as a duly registered, cashed-up bidder at the auction of a seaside mansion. Bidding starts at $6.5 million. You join in as bidding progresses to $7.5 million.
Then ...
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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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