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Another Nail in the Auction Coffin
14 February 08 07:37 PM | Peter Mericka | 1 Comments   

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd The Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) has been forced to come clean, and to admit to consumers that "...no binding contract Read More...

Filed under: Agent, Auction, Commission, Contract, Enzo Raimondo, REIV

Who Will Pay The (Legal) Ferrymen?
29 November 07 06:28 AM | Peter Mericka | 2 Comments   

by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer 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’, Read More...

Filed under: Agent, Commission, Contract, Conveyancing, ethics, Lawyer

Pricing Propaganda From REIV
29 September 07 08:55 AM | Peter Mericka | 2 Comments   

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd In his weekly propaganda piece in The Age newspaper (The Age "Domain" 29 September, 2007 p.3) CEO of the Real Estate Institute Read More...

Filed under: Agent, Commission, Deception, Enzo Raimondo, Estate agent, ethics, REIV

Richard Wood Solicitors - Who Needs To Know?
20 September 07 08:24 AM | Peter Mericka | 0 Comments   

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Conveyancer Consumer Advocate peter@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 Read More...

Filed under: Agent, Commission, Conveyancer, Conveyancing, Estate agent, ethics, referral, richard wood, secret commissions

Richard Wood Solicitors Letter – What If The Right Way Doesn’t Pay!
04 September 07 09:20 AM | Peter Mericka | 0 Comments   

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Conveyancer Consumer Advocate peter@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 Read More...

Filed under: Agent, Commission, Conveyancer, Conveyancing, Estate agent, ethics, referral, richard wood, secret commissions

Early Release of Deposit
29 April 07 12:01 AM | Peter Mericka | 4 Comments   

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer and Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Lawyers Real Estate Enzo Raimondo, CEO of the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (R.E.I.V.) regularly provides consumers with his understanding of the law affecting Read More...

Filed under: Agent, Commission, Deposit, REIV, Section 27, Section 32 Vendor Statement

Why Queensland Estate Agents Don't Give Discounts
28 April 07 11:48 PM | Peter Mericka | 0 Comments   

by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Queensland Solicitor & Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Will the apparent upturn in Queensland housing prices mean discounted real estate commission rates? Will agents charge sellers less as homes are reportedly Read More...

Filed under: Agent, Commission, Estate agent