Latest news Skip listen and sharing tools Listen Filter by category All News alerts Industry updates Legislation updates Media releases Public warnings Enforceable undertakings Court actions Showing articles tagged with 'Buying and selling property' Helen Sly and Ranelagh Realty Pty Ltd - Commencement of action Court actions 24 January 2019 The Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria has started criminal action against Helen Sly and Ranelagh Realty Pty Ltd for alleged breaches of Victorian estate agent laws. Josdan-Bel Pty Ltd (trading as Ray White Epping), Daniel Zanella and Geraldo Papaluca Enforceable undertaking Enforceable undertakings 18 January 2019 An estate agency and its directors may not be able to retain commission on certain transactions, after acknowledging they breached the state’s estate agent laws. Melbourne South Eastern Real Estate Pty Ltd - Court outcome Court actions 30 November 2018 A company that operates three Barry Plant estate agent offices in Melbourne will pay $720,000, after the Federal Court of Australia found it engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct and making false representations about property sales. Trends in owners corporations enquiries - Industry update Industry updates 3 July 2018 Update for owner corporations managers on recent trends and issues in the sector. Legal amendments to ensure estate agents are paid fairly for past work - News alert News alerts 9 June 2018 The Victorian Government has announced amendments to ensure estate agents who have followed their regulatory responsibilities in good faith and have legitimately performed work, are paid for that work. Tri Duc (Joseph) Ngo - Court outcome Court actions 15 March 2018 A former Glen Waverley estate agent has been sentenced to five years’ jail, after pleading guilty to 48 charges of misusing more than $6 million of his clients’ money, in breach of the Estate Agents Act 1980. Melbourne Deluxe Real Estate Pty Ltd (trading as Melbourne Deluxe) and Paul Wayne Pfeiffer - Court outcome Court actions 14 March 2018 An estate agent must repay $69,000 in compensation; been fined $25,000; and sentenced to a two-year community corrections order, after pleading guilty to charges including fraudulent conversion. Beware hacking scam targeting estate agent email accounts - News alert News alerts 14 February 2018 Consumer Affairs Victoria has received recent reports of a possible hacking scam targeting the email accounts of estate agents, and causing home buyers to deposit their money into the wrong bank account. Email hacking scam warning for home buyers and estate agents - Media release Media releases 14 February 2018 A new hacking scam is targeting Victorian home buyers and real estate agents, with reported losses in excess of $200,000. Peter Maxwell Simmons - Court outcome Court actions 27 December 2017 Estate agent Peter Maxwell Simmons, 66, has been banned from holding a licence, or acting as an agent’s representative, after Consumer Affairs Victoria was notified that more than $5,000 in trust account money was missing. Go to:Page 1Page 2Page 3Page 4Page 5Page 6Page 7Page 1 of 7Next
Helen Sly and Ranelagh Realty Pty Ltd - Commencement of action Court actions 24 January 2019 The Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria has started criminal action against Helen Sly and Ranelagh Realty Pty Ltd for alleged breaches of Victorian estate agent laws.
Josdan-Bel Pty Ltd (trading as Ray White Epping), Daniel Zanella and Geraldo Papaluca Enforceable undertaking Enforceable undertakings 18 January 2019 An estate agency and its directors may not be able to retain commission on certain transactions, after acknowledging they breached the state’s estate agent laws.
Melbourne South Eastern Real Estate Pty Ltd - Court outcome Court actions 30 November 2018 A company that operates three Barry Plant estate agent offices in Melbourne will pay $720,000, after the Federal Court of Australia found it engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct and making false representations about property sales.
Trends in owners corporations enquiries - Industry update Industry updates 3 July 2018 Update for owner corporations managers on recent trends and issues in the sector.
Legal amendments to ensure estate agents are paid fairly for past work - News alert News alerts 9 June 2018 The Victorian Government has announced amendments to ensure estate agents who have followed their regulatory responsibilities in good faith and have legitimately performed work, are paid for that work.
Tri Duc (Joseph) Ngo - Court outcome Court actions 15 March 2018 A former Glen Waverley estate agent has been sentenced to five years’ jail, after pleading guilty to 48 charges of misusing more than $6 million of his clients’ money, in breach of the Estate Agents Act 1980.
Melbourne Deluxe Real Estate Pty Ltd (trading as Melbourne Deluxe) and Paul Wayne Pfeiffer - Court outcome Court actions 14 March 2018 An estate agent must repay $69,000 in compensation; been fined $25,000; and sentenced to a two-year community corrections order, after pleading guilty to charges including fraudulent conversion.
Beware hacking scam targeting estate agent email accounts - News alert News alerts 14 February 2018 Consumer Affairs Victoria has received recent reports of a possible hacking scam targeting the email accounts of estate agents, and causing home buyers to deposit their money into the wrong bank account.
Email hacking scam warning for home buyers and estate agents - Media release Media releases 14 February 2018 A new hacking scam is targeting Victorian home buyers and real estate agents, with reported losses in excess of $200,000.
Peter Maxwell Simmons - Court outcome Court actions 27 December 2017 Estate agent Peter Maxwell Simmons, 66, has been banned from holding a licence, or acting as an agent’s representative, after Consumer Affairs Victoria was notified that more than $5,000 in trust account money was missing.