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Barfoot & Thompson: Agency fined for $100k moisture report oversight
The branch failed to supervise two agents who failed to disclose a builder's report.
Realtor made secret commission deal with buyer of $26.5m property, then didn't pay up
Now he's been fined after netting $326,000 in a deal he hid from the vendor and his boss.
Neighbour v real estate boss: did drone photography for ad invade privacy?
Case first went to Real Estate Authority, then Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal.
‘Everything all good’: Defiant realtor who refused course on Māori values back at work
Lawyers won interim court order over licence ahead of judicial review later in the year.
Real estate agent fined $3000, censured for not disclosing wall dispute
'Important that a message of deterrence is sent to all licensees' - Penalty decision.
Complainants get real estate agent censured, fined $1000 for property use advice
Complainant intended to operate an auto dismantling/vehicle parts business from property.
'Failed to check documents' - real estate agents fined
Agent 'failed to exercise skill, care, competence, diligence' over subdivision issue.
Realtor refusing Māori values course told to 'get amongst it' by Harcourts agents
Even hesitant agents said they learned something from the course about Māori tikanga.
Realtor faces five-year ban for refusing Māori values course she calls 'woke madness’
The one-and-a-half-hour course was compulsory for all real estate agents in 2023.
Inmate jailed for prison attack on former estate agent after being refused chicken
Aaron Drever's face was slashed open with a metal hook in the prison kitchen.
Inmate could face 14 years' jail for horrific prison attack on former real estate agent
Aaron Drever's face was slashed open with a metal hook in the prison kitchen.
‘Gastro emergency’: Realtor rushed to loo and left buyers unattended
The vendor claimed he arrived at his apartment to find the buyers sipping wine.
'Deceitful predator': Disgraced real estate agent who abused young girls declined parole
The Parole Board found O'Reilly had minimised his offending and remained an ongoing risk.
Colliers agent fined $1500 for unsatisfactory conduct
The buyer didn't go ahead but still lost her $45,000 deposit and $84,000 all up.
Permanent bar, $14k fine for ex-real estate agent who forged valuation
'No agent can employ or engage him in connection with real estate agency work.'
Realtors waited until sale final before disclosing $100k moisture repairs needed
The house had moisture readings as high as 80%. A normal reading is up to 13%.
Real estate agent implicated in doctored LIM case under spotlight in Australia
A lawyer believes the offenders' real estate agent was "clearly part of the deceit".
'I was young': Realtor created fake valuation for house he won at auction
Nick Hoogwerf used the letterhead of a real company, but the valuation was false.
Dairy buyer 'felt trapped, cheated', partly wins case v Colliers agent
'Highest bidder at $675,000, but the two of them pushed her up to $940,000.'
Missing real estate agent Yanfei Bao: Govt authority to raise safety topic
"The safety of all licensees is incredibly important to the authority."
Real estate agent fined over cracked wall, $84k fix
Agent with unblemished record received information about concern with the wall.
Realtor allegedly tried to convince buyer to lie about reasons for rejecting house
The $2 million house had just failed a building inspection.
The F word, the $3.1m Queenstown house sale and the two court cases
'The swear word f*** is commonly used for emphasis in modern New Zealand.' - judge
CBRE breached real estate rule, no penalty issued
The agency had no prior disciplinary history, no complaint had been made by the client.
Real estate agent awarded $76k in damages for breach of rights by IRD
IRD was found to have breached Richard Parore's rights in a tax law case.
‘Out of her depth’: Realtor overstated the size of land plots she was selling
One of the lots was only 61 per cent of the size they had been promised.
'Sloppy' realtor did not check info before telling bidders
Evidence of a six-storey building was provided by a prospective buyer but was incorrect.