Bidding blind
- Editorial
- For subscribers
Celebrity real estate agent causes his own property crash
A 10-year ban after a NSW Fair Trading investigation will hurt but a $33,000 fine is peanuts to someone who earned $9 million in commissions last year.
- The Herald's View
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‘You will be caught’: Ten year ban for Sydney’s highest earning real estate agent
Sydney’s former star real estate agent cops one of the harshest penalties imposed by the regulator in recent years.
- Lucy Macken
‘A victim of jealousy’: Another top-ranking Sydney real estate agent suspended
Deepak Bangarh’s suspension is quite the comedown, the agent having just been ranked the country’s third-best real estate agent by an industry award.
- Lucy Macken
- Exclusive
- National
‘I’ve had people in my office crying’: The three ways underquoting stings sellers
The revelations come at a critical point in the debate about how to tackle underquoting in Australia’s two largest cities.
- Lucy Macken and Aisha Dow
- Exclusive
- Investigation
Fresh claims against suspended estate agent ‘Teflon’ Josh Tesolin as he launches new career
If the star agent thought he’d heard all allegations against him from the regulator, he’s about to hear about a lot more.
- Lucy Macken
- Exclusive
- For subscribers
‘Gobsmacked’: The worst Sydney suburbs for auction price guide blowouts
New data reveals Sydney’s inner west and eastern suburbs are hotspots for underquoting by real estate agents.
- Nigel Gladstone
- Exclusive
- National
‘Massive reform’: New laws will lock in pre-auction honesty
Real estate agents will be legally required to advertise a property’s reserve price at least a week before an auction or private sale deadline.
- Aisha Dow
- Exclusive
- For subscribers
No offers, don’t ask, don’t tell: The real estate agent tricks used to duck price rules
Buyers are furious, experts aren’t surprised, and here’s how property underquoting rogues get away with it.
- Aisha Dow
- Editorial
- Opinion
Reforms to rein in estate agents’ rorts need more teeth
The Minns government pulls its punches on reforms to stop buyers bidding blind.
- The Herald's View
- Updated
- NSW residential property
9000 readers told us about underquoting. Now, the government has acted
Sydney’s real estate agents are on notice: big fines, new rules and mandated price guides are on the drawing board.
- Lucy Macken and Aisha Dow