Real Estate News & Information

In our drunken desire for possessions it is easy to forget the debt hangover that follows. Within a few months, the glamour of the purchase is replaced by the grind…

With most home sales, there are three groups of people - sellers, buyers and agents. The sellers want the highest price, the buyers want the lowest price and the agents…

If you don't know the tricks used at auctions, you are certain to get hurt. Most auction agents have no regard for your feelings. They want a sale and they…

A bank robber who robbed a bank of almost a quarter of a million dollars has been banned from entering any bank premises for five years.

On a cold August night, back in 2005, I made a big mistake. I made a promise to a journalist by the name of Paul Barry that a woman by…

There are few sights more ridiculous in the business world than businessmen attempting to defend the indefensible.

Here's a three word message for sellers - Don't Pay Anything! At least not until your property is sold and you are satisfied. And don't pay money for advertising.

Almost ten years after he began his reign of financial terror, Kovelan Bangaru, 43, was this week found guilty in the Sydney District Court on 13 charges of fraud under…

For many years, Queensland solicitor Tim O'Dwyer has warned would-be property buyers about the likelihood of floods in his normally Sunshine State.

One of Australia’s biggest property spruikers, Rick Otton, has been banned from promoting his get-rich-quick scheme in Western Australia.

Here is something I never thought I'd say: "The Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) has made a brave and ethical decision." The Institute has chosen not to support an…

A woman who claims she went from "virtually zero to a $3.5 million property portfolio in just 18 months" has been penalised by Queensland Fair Trading regulators over bogus seminar…