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Auctions - Going, Going, Gone?
10 December 08 11:43 AM | Peter Mericka | 4 Comments   

OPINION by David Morrell Real Estate Buyers' Advocate Director Morrell & Koren Right now the real estate auction system is on the ropes because the market has tanked; but its problems run deeper than that. The elephant in the room is whether the auction Read More...

Filed under: Auction, Auctioneer, conditioning, vendor paid advertising, real estate advertising, advertising

REIV Caught Cheating - Again
09 December 08 09:56 AM | Peter Mericka | 20 Comments   

Opinion by Neil Jenman Consumer Advocate For many years, the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) has misled and deceived real estate consumers. Whether it be trying to justify (or deny) dodgy practices such as false price quoting or whether it's Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancing, REIV, Auction, real estate, Enzo Raimondo, real estate institute of victoria, overquoting, conditioning, statistics, neil jenman

Estate Agent Theft Threat Increasing
24 August 08 10:11 AM | Peter Mericka | 1 Comments   

OPINION by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd According to Chris Vedelago, writing for The Age newspaper, "Falling sales levels and the prospect of a weaker market Read More...

Filed under: Deception, underquoting, obtaining property by deception, john talia, real estate theft, obtaining financial advantage by deception, conditioning