
Property agent fined $5k for tampering with sale deal
A real estate agent who tampered with a sale and purchase agreement to increase her stake in a commission split has been fined.
A real estate agent who tampered with a sale and purchase agreement to increase her stake in a commission split has been fined.
The number of new listings fell for the fifth straight month last month, fuelling talk of a looming property shortage in our biggest city.
Watching John Key and Bill English dispose of South Canterbury Finance was a bit like watching a python swallowing an antelope.
A private equity fund is to receive a $100m taxpayer-funded payout from the Govt in order to make the receivership of South Canterbury Finance run more smoothly.
The Govt yesterday paid $1.775bn - or $405 for every person in NZ - to take control of failed moneylender South Canterbury Finance's assets.
The Govt's decision not to support a recapitalisation plan for South Canterbury Finance was the right one.
South Canterbury Finance needs a new backer or a government bail out to avoid receivership.
Allan Hubbard's finance company is near receivership and is understood to be in last-minute talks with the Govt and overseas investors to avoid NZ's largest corporate collapse in decades.
South Canterbury Finance is likely to remain in a trading halt into next week as it awaits fresh capital.
South Canterbury Finance had its securities halted from trading on the NZX debt market pending an announcement on a new investor.
The value of some investments were overstated by at least 25 per cent.