Is The Honourable Member Listening?

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer and
Qualified Practising Conveyancer
Victoria
Lawyers Real Estate

On Wednesday 23 November,the Hon. B.N. Atkinson (Koonung) again suggested that I require an estate agent's licence in order to sell real estate. And it appears that the Honourable Member has once again failed to do his homework; this despite my having emailed him a copy of my response to his incorrect assertion in Parliament on 16 November, 2005.

This time I will reproduce the letter I sent to Consumer Affairs 3 years ago, explaining the fact that a lawyer does not require an estate agent’s licence in order to sell real estate.

I hope that the Honourable Member can take the time to inform himself before he again suggests that action should be taken to stop my firm, Lawyers Real Estate, from providing consumers with the safest and most cost-effective real estate service in Victoria.

The contents of my letter of 30 October, 2002 to Consumer Affairs can be read by clicking on the following link.

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