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1 week ago
Conveyancing Corruption - Lawyers Too!
OPINION by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au (Following on from " Licensed Conveyancer Corruption Must Be Stopped ", Tim O'Dwyer reports on a lawyer conveyancer's attempt to ...
The Real Estate Information Centre - 6:27 p.m. Monday 24th November 2008
The Real Estate Information Centre - 6:27 p.m. Monday 24th November 2008
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Sex and the Single Seller
OPINION by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Do real estate agents score more sexual favours during home inspections than solicitors do at conveyancing settlements? Do agents experience ...
The Real Estate Information Centre - 11:30 a.m. Thursday 16th October 2008
The Real Estate Information Centre - 11:30 a.m. Thursday 16th October 2008
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Beware of Agents' Pet Building Inspectors!
OPINION by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer 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 ...
The Real Estate Information Centre - 8:54 a.m. Tuesday 9th September 2008
The Real Estate Information Centre - 8:54 a.m. Tuesday 9th September 2008
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Move Over Marx Brothers, Here Comes the Bligh Government
by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Real estate consumer protection goes west as a result of a convoluted dog’s breakfast amendment to the law, according to Tim ...
The Real Estate Information Centre - 9:17 a.m. Friday 15th August 2008
The Real Estate Information Centre - 9:17 a.m. Friday 15th August 2008
5 months, 1 week ago
One Sale - Two Commissions
by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Carly Gillard was staggered, after settling the sale of her Northern New South Wales property, to find herself facing commission claims ...
The Real Estate Information Centre - 7 a.m. Friday 27th June 2008
The Real Estate Information Centre - 7 a.m. Friday 27th June 2008
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Preventing Estate Agents From Preparing Contracts
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 Real Estate Information Centre - 4:21 a.m. Thursday 13th March 2008
The Real Estate Information Centre - 4:21 a.m. Thursday 13th March 2008
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Deep North Agents "Re-licensed" to Practise Real Estate Law
by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au From July 1st last year the role of Queensland real estate agents in preparing contracts was severely limited by law. Sit ...
The Real Estate Information Centre - 8 a.m. Thursday 10th January 2008
The Real Estate Information Centre - 8 a.m. Thursday 10th January 2008
Gold Coast Law Association Slams Agents And Calls For Contract Reforms
by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Solicitors, not estate agents, should prepare sales contracts. This is the view of the Gold Coast District Law Association which has ...
The Real Estate Information Centre - 4:50 a.m. Monday 10th December 2007
The Real Estate Information Centre - 4:50 a.m. Monday 10th December 2007
1 year ago
Who Will Pay The (Legal) Ferrymen?
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 ...
The Real Estate Information Centre - 5:28 a.m. Thursday 29th November 2007
The Real Estate Information Centre - 5:28 a.m. Thursday 29th November 2007
1 year ago
A Reward For Your Good Word
by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au The letter below recently came to me in the mail from a nearby estate agency. This agency happens to be part ...
The Real Estate Information Centre - 10:32 a.m. Thursday 15th November 2007
The Real Estate Information Centre - 10:32 a.m. Thursday 15th November 2007
1 year, 1 month ago
Catch 24 On Agents' Contracts
by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Since 1st July 2007, Queensland estate agents and their employees have been breaking a law with a maximum penalty for breach ...
The Real Estate Information Centre - 9:59 p.m. Monday 22nd October 2007
The Real Estate Information Centre - 9:59 p.m. Monday 22nd October 2007
1 year, 1 month ago
Watch Out When Your Agent Wants To Buy Your Property
by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au A seller has achieved, without legal representation, a spectacular win in Queensland’s Commercial & Consumer Tribunal. A suburban real estate agency ...
The Real Estate Information Centre - 8:09 p.m. Monday 15th October 2007
The Real Estate Information Centre - 8:09 p.m. Monday 15th October 2007
1 year, 1 month ago
Two Who Got Away
by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Would you believe that a real estate advertisement in the Gold Coast Bulletin saved a Melbourne couple’s bacon? John and Robyn ...
The Real Estate Information Centre - 4:52 a.m. Tuesday 9th October 2007
The Real Estate Information Centre - 4:52 a.m. Tuesday 9th October 2007
1 year, 2 months ago
Internet Search Led to “Termination”
by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Consumer advocate Neil Jenman has long used his website to alert real estate consumers, particularly first time property investors, to real ...
The Real Estate Information Centre - 4:47 p.m. Monday 1st October 2007
The Real Estate Information Centre - 4:47 p.m. Monday 1st October 2007
1 year, 2 months ago
Fair Trading No Longer Queensland's Neglected Orphan?
by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Once, when Queensland’s Premier Peter Beattie was planning a ministerial reshuffle, I offered him this advice: the Fair Trading portfolio, because ...
The Real Estate Information Centre - 4:14 p.m. Monday 24th September 2007
The Real Estate Information Centre - 4:14 p.m. Monday 24th September 2007
