Underquoting, phantom offers, fake bids and misleading building reports are among some of the questionable – and in some cases illegal – behaviour reported by potential buyers during a property sale or auction.
House values in regional Australia have soared by as much as 235 per cent since 2013, and rising interest rates in affordable regions are doing nothing to suppress price growth.
Half of all properties in nine Queensland regions are selling for below asking price as vendors and agents adjust their expectations in the current market.
Seven Sunshine Coast real estate agents have been named among Queensland’s top 20 biggest deal makers, with one recording an eye-watering median sales price over $5.8 million.
DRESSED in a pale pink top and with her long blonde hair tied in a plait, Laura Louise Waller looked more like socialite Paris Hilton than a young woman facing a possible sentence of life in prison.
