Consumer Affairs Victoria – realestatesource https://www.realestatesource.com.au Commercial and residential property news Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:20:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://www.realestatesource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/rsfav-100x100.png Consumer Affairs Victoria – realestatesource https://www.realestatesource.com.au 32 32 Victorian Government Promises to Get Tough on Underquoting, Again https://www.realestatesource.com.au/victorian-government-promises-to-get-tough-on-underquoting-again/ Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:20:26 +0000 http://realestatesource.com.au/wordpress/victorian-government-promises-to-get-tough-on-underquoting-again.html AN ELECTION is coming up, and Victoria’s state government is pretending to get tough again.

Despite repeated requests from the media and industry bodies, it’s taken until now  - or actually  - until after any Brumby Government election win – to crack down on the way real estate agents price property.

If elected, the ALP government has promised to cut “price plus” advertising, as part of a plan to stamp out underquoting.

]]> Consumer Affairs Victoria – dubbed the “toothless tiger” by Victorian real estate agents – prohibits “plus price” advertising in its guidelines.

But CAV has simply watched as thousands of properties are listed for sale online, and in newspapers, using this method.

 

]]> CAV Warns Country Victorian Residents Against Cheap Home Repairers Scam https://www.realestatesource.com.au/cav-warns-country-victorian-residents-against-cheap-home-repairers-scam/ Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:46:01 +0000 http://realestatesource.com.au/wordpress/cav-warns-country-victorian-residents-against-cheap-home-repairers-scam.html CONSUMER Affairs Victoria is warning residents in country Victoria against conmen who offer cheap, but dodgy home repairs.

CAV Minister Tony Robinson is reported as saying in the Herald Sun: “Dodgy conmen prey on Victorian consumers, often targeting vulnerable groups like the elderly or families in isolated locations.”

“They travel from place to place door-knocking and pressuring people to hand over ash up front for discount repairs,” he said. “While the offer of cheap work sounds enticing, it usually ends up costing more, because you end up having to pay to fix a poor quality or incomplete job and you lose any deposits or other payments when the trader moves on.”
]]> He said CAV received more than 200 inquiries and complaints in the 2008-09 financial year, up 130 per cent on the previous year.

Crime Stoppers executive director Peter Sprott said “If a tradesman knocks on your door seeking cash-up-front work, don’t deal with them. If you need repair work done, find a legitimate tradie yourself, get competitive written quotes and check out references.”

Consumer Affairs Victoria can be contacted on 1300 558 181.

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