Where do we start! I could write for days on this. Advising homeowners on how to strategise to achieve the best possible price has been my life since 2007. As much as I would like to jot down my first novel here or sit down with you for a cup of coffee and a… Read more »
New Zealand real estate agents charge up to three times as much commission as those in Australia, the UK and US – and now those in Auckland earn up to $10,000 more for the same, or less, work as a decade ago. Is our commission model broken? Morgan Tait asks if one of the… Read more »
A real estate agent who sold a Napier apartment in a complex with “serious defects” has been fined $5000 for failing to tell the buyers the full extent of problems with the building. The agent, Marlene Nathan, was also found to have had a conflict of interest because she owned a unit in the… Read more »
A Hamilton real estate agency has been fined $1.05 million for price fixing and anti-competitive agreements. Online Realty, which operated under the Ray White banner, was one of 13 national and regional real estate agencies prosecuted by the Commerce Commission for in a case it launched in late 2015. This related to price fixing… Read more »