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TWO AGENTS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ASIA

All over the world, estate agents and developers have cosy relationships. The developers use agents to find suitable building sites. The agents use the developers as a source of commissions.
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THE SCAM OF TIME-SHARE SCHEMES

Ten years before the hard-sell investment seminars and two decades before get-rich- scams, timeshare touts harassed tourists at the Gold Coast. They were the original spruikers of Australian real estate.
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KOVELAN BANGARU ESCAPES

Cannonballs of blame are being hurled across Martin Place, Sydney, between the Australian Securities and Investment Commission and Geoff McDonald of Hall Chadwick.
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TASMANIA’S PROPERTY SHAME

An elderly man from Victoria dreamed of buying a house in Tasmania. Like many mainlanders, he thought the island’s prices, climate and pace made it ideal for retirement.
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