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Crikey – What A Sequel!

As a rule, real estate agents are not to be trifled with. So it was always going to be risky for property commentator Louis Christopher when he decided to publicly attack the all-powerful membership body Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV).

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Cover Up Smells

What if a potential purchaser smells fresh paint during an inspection? And what if this leads a purchaser to suspect that something dodgy is going on?

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Sequel To “Gazumping” Posting

Since our posting about the “Ian Reid” strategy (see our posting of 14 July, 2006), some interesting questions have emerged. In a letter to us dated 3 August, 2006, an obviously annoyed Ian Reid stated, “…The vendor’s solicitor (who has been practicing law for 50 years) is aware you misrepresent on your website that the vendor in this matter was represented by a non-lawyer conveyancer and cannot provide his client with legal advice.” Now who...

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“We’ll All Be Rooned”, said Hanrahan

Echos of the well-known poem about Irish-Catholic-bush-pessimist Hanrahan came out of the Australian Capital Territory 18 months ago when The Canberra Times reported eleventh-hour alarm over the likely ruinous effects of anti-gazumping real estate and conveyancing reforms.

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Finders Keepers?

In the real world people sometimes do discover long-forgotten money or valuable objects. Often lawyers then become involved to help determine who gets to keep this 'buried treasure' because, unfortunately, the legal position is rarely so simple as 'finders keepers'

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