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How To Read The Contract Of Sale Of Real Estate
29 October 08 05:47 PM | Peter Mericka | 3 Comments   

OPINION by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd The old Contract Note was a very simple document. It contained no General Conditions (these were incorporated by reference) Read More...

Filed under: Contract, contract note, contract of sale of real estate

New Contract of Sale of Real Estate - FREE Download!
09 October 08 02:33 PM | Peter Mericka | 18 Comments   

OPINION by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd I have been very critical of the underhanded approach taken by the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) in designing Read More...

Filed under: REIV, Contract, contract note, contract of sale of real estate

New Contract - Same Old Deception
08 October 08 07:49 PM | Peter Mericka | 3 Comments   

OPINION by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd The new Contract of Sale of Real Estate prescribed by the Estate Agents (Contracts) Regulations 2008 was supposed to Read More...

Filed under: REIV, Deception, Contract, contract note, contract of sale of real estate

Geoff Thompson - Contract Switching At Barry Plant RE
18 August 08 11:12 AM | Peter Mericka | 44 Comments   

OPINION by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd Geoff Thompson is the Director of Barry Plant Real Estate in Croydon Victoria, and the Barry Plant Real Estate tag line Read More...

Filed under: REIV, Contract, contract note, Barry Plant Real Estate, geoff thompson, switching contracts, croydon, pauline ferguson

David Sowersby - Serial Switcher of Contracts
31 July 08 03:14 PM | Peter Mericka | 0 Comments   

OPINION by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd David Sowersby is the Director of Walshe & Whitelock Real Estate, Brunswick and an Associate of the Real Estate Institute Read More...

Filed under: REIV, Contract, contract note, david sowersby, walshe & whitelock

Barry Plant Real Estate - "Gazumping" Clause
07 May 08 06:39 AM | Peter Mericka | 8 Comments   

It would appear that Barry Plant Real Estate has adopted the tactic of having a "gazumping" clause inserted into real estate contracts. We again warn consumers against allowing estate agents to tamper with the contract. A "gazumping" clause is a special Read More...

Filed under: Contract, special condition, ian reid, contract note, Barry Plant Real Estate, Barry Plant, gazumping

Preventing Estate Agents From Preparing Contracts
13 March 08 05:21 AM | Peter Mericka | 11 Comments   

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

Filed under: Conveyancing, Estate agent, Agent, Contract, ethics, queensland, kerry shine, conflict of interests, contract of sale, contract note