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March 18th 2009 TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY? That is the question. Here are some answers.
March 9th 2009 HOW DEEP IS YOUR DEBT? Help for first homebuyers.
February 16th 2009 AUSTRALIA'S SUBPRIME INVESTORS Tens of thousands of people are affected.
December 15th 2008 THE REAL ESTATE SEARCH WARRANT The experience of one family with one agent.
November 17th 2008 BUYERS - MEET THE SELLERS And probably get a better deal.
October 23rd 2008 THE SILLIEST REASON TO SELL Never gamble with the family home.
October 15th 2008 GRAB THE GRANT - QUICK Advice for the needy, not the greedy.
September 30th 2008 THE SENSE OF PROPERTY PRICES A sensible look at the future of real estate.
September 11th 2008 FROM GOOSE TO GENIUS Testing the predictions of Terry Ryder.
September 8th 2008 MOVE OVER MARX BROTHERS Here comes the Queensland government.
August 25th 2008 THE OVER-SELL TRAP How sellers upset buyers and hurt themselves.
August 10th 2008 ILLUMINATION OF A PROPERTY SCAM Trent Richards is back targeting investors.
July 1st 2008 THE TOUGH TRUTH What sellers need to know.
May 14th 2008 THE NOAH GROUP An Open Letter to Brett Marks, CEO.
March 5th 2008 HOW TO SAVE YOUR HOME A fight worth fighting.
January 21st 2008
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December 19th 2007 DESIREE, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT What happened to this lovely young lady?
December 12th 2007 THE FINGERS OF FINCORP How Eric and the boys gorged on a fat financial pie.
November 13th 2007 GILES THE JUICE MAN A lifetime of free carrot juice?
October 15th 2007 SEAN KENNY'S BIG DEAL How he robbed an elderly lady.
October 9th 2007 DODGY PROPERTY DATA Confusion reigns as industry rains dodgy data.
September 25th 2007 SIMON MUGFORD IS TELLING LIES And so is his boss, Dennis Vlandis.
September 19th 2007 THE CASH FLOW MORTGAGE Just another smoke-and-mirrors sham.
August 29th 2007 FOXES REWARDED FOR CHICKEN PROTECTION Agent protectors are NOT consumer protectors.
August 20th 2007 HOW TO FIND A HOME - EASILY A simple solution to a great frustration.
July 31st 2007 THE DEFINITION OF A GOOD DEAL A good home or a good price? Both, if possible.
July 27th 2007 ROYAL COMMISSION NEEDED Comment from Westpoint Investors Group.
June 25th 2007 THE POLITICS OF AFFORDABILITY How common lies seem like powerful truths.
June 12th 2007 THE HEARTY DROVER'S PIE Stay away from 'The Science of Options'.
May 24th 2007 HELP FOR HOME BUYERS Six hints to make it easier.
May 14th 2007 DANIEL DO-NOTHING Victoria's Minister for Consumer Affairs.
May 2nd 2007 THE HUNT FOR MIHOS MILLIONAIRES Surely not everyone got ripped off?
April 13th 2007 THE SECRETS OF HANS JAKOBI An in-depth review of a self-crowned wealth coach.
April 2nd 2007 FINCORP INVESTORS If you call them greedy or gullible, shame on you.
February 27th 2007
Subscribers Only 		BUYING BARGAINS - FAIRLY Be a smart investor, not a grubby predator.
February 12th 2007 RESTITUTIO IN INTEGRUM If only all spruikers would do this.
January 29th 2007 STOP THIS THEFT The lowest of the low.
January 24th 2007 IT'S ALL ABOUT NUMBERS & TIMING! Property is now unaffordable and unprofitable.
November 27th 2006 A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY How Agent Paula sold Beryl's home.
November 13th 2006 THE EVICTION EXECUTION The ultimate price of a big home.
October 23rd 2006 LOSERS OR CHEATERS? The predicament of property investors.
October 18th 2006 AVOIDING WESTPOINT-STYLE LOSSES Suggestions from a financial planner.
August 14th 2006 HALF PRICE PROPERTY? Madness plus spruikers equals mammoth losses.
August 9th 2006 THE FERNTREE FLEECE Meet the latest Carey victims.
July 31st 2006 ANOTHER MEZZANINE MESS Double jeopardy for some investors.
July 6th 2006 WHAT HAPPENED AT WESTPOINT? 9,000 words of truth about a national scandal.
June 26th 2006 THE CHOCOLATE SULTANA SWITCH It's not just unethical, it's downright illegal.
June 13th 2006 A TALE OF TWO CITIES Fantasy and reality in Melbourne.
May 24th 2006 LOCKING UP LARRY The saga of an American spruiker.
May 17th 2006 THE CAPITAL CON CLAUSE Warning to investors, especially in Canberra.
May 8th 2006 TOM FRANZEN, A LUCKY GUY "Over the moon" with happiness.
April 26th 2006 IS THE BUSHRANGER INNOCENT? He thinks so. You be the judge.
April 18th 2006 APOLOGISE - OR ELSE More threats, but no sign of compassion, yet.
March 31st 2006 I WANT MY HOME BACK Mentally ill man begs for help.
March 28th 2006 SERIAL OFFENDING SOLICITORS They get off far too lightly.
March 21st 2006 FLOP HAILED A TRIUMPH The great Southern auction spin.
March 13th 2006 THE CENTRAL EQUITY PITCH A classic example of the importance of research.
March 3rd 2006 DISHONEST? INCOMPETENT? OR BOTH? "Super Wealth Coach" who recommended Westpoint.
February 23rd 2006 SPRUIKERS HIDE BEHIND BIG NAMES The latest disguise to flog over-priced properties.
February 16th 2006 WHITE POINTERS AT WESTPOINT The tele-marketing script used by the sharks.
February 9th 2006 DISGRACING THE TEDDY BEAR The daily denial of the death agents.
January 30th 2006 TRUSTING EXPERTS Who can investors trust?
January 17th 2006 THE WESTPOINT DISASTER Financial predators not planners.
November 23rd 2005 BREAK THE LAWS & MAKE THE SALES This is Queensland, mate.
November 21st 2005 THE FASTEST HAMMER IN THE WEST It's time to do everything in WA.
November 14th 2005 BUTTERSCOTCH MUFFINS & PROPERTY PRICES The perception and reality of today's market.
November 9th 2005 ROBERT G ALLEN - A LIAR AND A THIEF How he targets Aussies and influences other spruikers.
November 2nd 2005 KIWI SPIV'S LATEST SHAM Phil Jones picks the wrong target.
October 31st 2005 SPINNING STATS TO DECEIVE SELLERS The truth is the opposite of what they are saying.
October 28th 2005 CONSUMER COMPLAINTS IN REAL ESTATE Is the Minister lying?
October 21st 2005 THE GRUBBY GREMLINS OF ADVERTISING Explaining offensive real estate ads and lower prices.
October 20th 2005 ADVERTISEMENTS - THE WORST OF THE WORST Real estate's recipe of dishonesty, stupidity and sleaze.
October 13th 2005 LYING ON THE BEACH Buyers could get seriously burned.
October 3rd 2005 OH, THE SHAME OF IT ALL Guilty feelings that follow silence.
September 21st 2005 REALITY CATCHES ROBBER DALE But the regulators still haven't nabbed him.
September 12th 2005 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE Is it safe or is it a carnival for thieves?
September 6th 2005 PLEASE DON'T HURT ME, MICHAEL Agents warned to avoid marketing group.
August 15th 2005 BY GEORGE, THIS IS ONE SHAM Behind that glowing testimonial and guarantee.
August 5th 2005 THE BANGARU FRAUD His Stitched List put him on the Rich List.
July 19th 2005 CAPED CRUSADER TRYING TO SAVE AGENTS Sellers, be on the lookout for this rort.
July 11th 2005 AUCTION INSANITY Don't fall for it, sellers!
July 6th 2005 BOOM IN RENTAL COMPLAINTS Some agents damage instead of manage.
June 27th 2005 THE SUNSET STING Heads they win, tails you lose.
June 22nd 2005 MORTGAGE FRAUD IS HOT IN QUEENSLAND Hundreds of crimes and no one seems to care.
June 16th 2005 MEDIA BURST THE BUBBLE So say the petulant property players.
June 6th 2005 ETHICS IN INVESTING The best investment of your life.
May 30th 2005 AGENTS BETRAYING SELLERS Buy with them, but don't ever sell with them.
May 23rd 2005 THE "UNVARNISHED TRUTH" ABOUT MONEY An investment seminar worth attending.
May 18th 2005 THE FINGER-POINTERS Playing the self-interest blame game.
May 9th 2005 ON THE BACKS OF BATTLERS The social tragedy of wrapping.
April 27th 2005 FROM BAD NEWS TO GOOD NEWS Homesellers - this time it really is the market!
March 30th 2005 THE PROPERTY CHOPPING BLOCK Sydney first, others follow.
March 11th 2005 IT'S BEEN A BAD FEW MONTHS FOR AGENTS Agents named Trickey and Dodge head the industry's Hall of Infamy.
March 1st 2005 DANNY, THE HONEST AGENT How sellers can save thousands in commission.
February 28th 2005 QLD AGENCY LEADER FAILS MARKET KNOWLEDGE TEST Brimble bumbles questions on Mackay boom.
February 21st 2005 HOW TO BUY FOR LESS Help for struggling homebuyers.
February 10th 2005 THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL This is not funny, it's sordid and sad.
February 7th 2005 A LESSON IN REAL ESTATE MATHEMATICS Learn the sums and speak the spin.
January 24th 2005 WRAPPERS ARE SNATCHERS NOT BANKERS How the property loan sharks cheat buyers and banks.
January 19th 2005 GET SMART, USE YOUR HEART Important message for property investors.
December 21st 2004 CHRISTMAS PRESENTS - SUGGESTIONS A good book is always a great gift.
December 13th 2004 HI JACK, YOU'RE BUSTED The tangled web around Jack Weavers.
December 8th 2004 TANKED & CACTUS Sellers can be serious about the silly season.
December 6th 2004 IT'S OFFICIAL - NEVER TRUST A BROCHURE Buyers, it's your fault if you believe the agent.
December 3rd 2004 THE SANTA OF PROPERTY SPIN Don't let him ruin your Christmas.
November 10th 2004 OPEN HOUSES OPEN SLATHER FOR THIEVES 151 charges for man who outwitted lazy agents.
November 8th 2004 SECRETS BEHIND THE SECRETS Tough choice for Sydneysiders.
November 4th 2004 GIVE US AN OFFER How buyers should make offers.
October 26th 2004 MULTI-MILLIONAIRE'S INVESTMENT SYSTEM! Highly confidential "leaked information".
October 14th 2004 PLEASE, MR HOOKER A frightened family needs to hear from you.
October 12th 2004 HOOKER, LINE & SINKER How did they do it?
October 5th 2004 MASS MURDER AND DECEIT WARNING: This story may distress some readers.
September 27th 2004 MARY GOES TO JAIL Meanwhile, the corporate crooks go to lunch.
September 20th 2004 THE FOUL MOUTHED SPRUIKER Deceivers targeting Aussies and Kiwis.
September 14th 2004 REAL ESTATE WITHOUT HARCOURTS A "community service" offer from a publisher.
September 6th 2004 A DARKER SHADE OF WHITE Inside the lily-white campaign.
August 24th 2004 STILL SPINNING THE AUCTION FIGURES Treating consumers like dummies.
August 20th 2004 SWEET PROPERTY DEALS More sugar, please.
August 17th 2004 A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT AGENT PROTECTION If only Queensland's consumers had the same protection.
August 5th 2004 BE FAIR AND REALISTIC Make negotiation a pleasant experience.
July 26th 2004 10 PROPERTY TIPS FOR TODAY 5 for Sellers and 5 for Buyers.
July 14th 2004 SNAKE-OIL SUMS Let's do the simple maths on the American spruiker.
July 13th 2004 MORE SELLERS CHOOSING "OPEN LISTING" Be careful - more agents often means a lower price.
July 8th 2004 MEZZANINE MANGLE AS DEVELOPER GOES BUST Big promises and big names are small comfort to small investors.
June 28th 2004 BIG BUCKS & BUCK PASSING Vested interests sink the interests of homebuyers.
June 23rd 2004 GARTH, GO TELL IT TO PATRICK Response to "Battlers or Whingers" comments.
June 21st 2004 NZ CRASH EVIDENCE IS ABSENT We are not the same as Australia.
June 15th 2004 THOSE LUCKY PENGUINS It's Official - Penguins are protected, consumers don't matter.
June 3rd 2004 IF ONLY WE KNEW The real market and the false market.
May 28th 2004 DYMPHNA, SANDY - AND STELLA Neil Jenman writes to "Wildly Wealthy Women".
May 26th 2004 PROPERTY LESSONS We must learn from the downturn.
May 21st 2004 THE SPRUIKER OR THE PHILOSOPHER Which is the better investment?
May 12th 2004 THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD An American property tale with an ominous warning for Australians.
May 10th 2004 BUST GOOD FOR MOST SELLERS "Change-over" costs are thousands less.
April 27th 2004 WHEN NO MEANS YES ASIC bans financial adviser - well, sort of.
April 19th 2004 PEOPLE POWER HALTS DEVELOPER'S DESTRUCTION Woolies the Bullies
April 13th 2004 THE PROPERTY REVOLUTION Most investors don't see it coming.
March 25th 2004 PAST THE PEAK Buyers can pay less today.
March 22nd 2004 ACCOUNTING FOR PROPERTY ADVICE Accountants must share some blame for the coming carnage.
March 18th 2004 HOUSING - WHAT IS VALUE? It's all relative
March 5th 2004 SELL YOUR PROPERTY AND PAY ZERO COMMISSION It's easy to save thousands.
February 23rd 2004 PRESENTATION AFFECTS PRICE Homesellers, before you lower the price, increase the atmosphere.
February 16th 2004 THE MONEY AND THE SCAMS Appeal to all those "in the know". Please help.
February 12th 2004 LADY AUCTION DIES WITHOUT A MURMUR Ring the bells - the death of deception.
February 9th 2004 THE FALL OF MERRI ROSE Not the worst Minister of Fair Trading.
February 6th 2004 DESPERATE STRUGGLES OF A DYING BREED Get-rich-quacker wants help from Peter Costello.
February 3rd 2004 TASMANIA'S PROPERTY SHAME Be warned - the beautiful state has an ugly side.
January 28th 2004 HOUSES OF DARKNESS Worried about interest rate rises?
January 27th 2004 SAVING OUR CITIZENS A too tolerant nation when it comes to savings.
January 22nd 2004 SOLICITORS NO LONGER PRESUMED INDEPENDENT How low can it go?
January 19th 2004 FROM PRISON TO PROPERTY The farce of Australia's property investment laws.
January 16th 2004 GOT A BAD IMAGE? DEVELOP A "CODE OF CONDUCT" Create a sham to hide a scam.
January 13th 2004 TIME TO SAY GOOD BUY? Buy now or wait in case prices fall.
January 10th 2004 LAST CHANCE FOR KAYE CREDITORS Questions that need to be answered. Action that needs to be taken.
January 5th 2004 INSIDE THE TOSTEVIN SCANDAL An open and shut case for the ACCC. Surely?
December 23rd 2003 FALLING DOMINOES BE WARNED - They are heading your way.
December 15th 2003 LETTER TO ASIC FROM DENISE BRAILEY National Investment Institute Pty Ltd and Henry Kaye.
December 9th 2003 BRIEF BOOK REVIEW Guest article from a Queensland reader.
December 6th 2003 FEDERAL ACTION ON PROPERTY PRACTICES - AT LAST! A PROGRESS REPORT ON THE ACTIONS OF OUR REGULATORS
December 2nd 2003 PRICES DO FALL Median prices misleading.
November 29th 2003 BLAMING THE VICTIMS It's not greed, it's regulatory neglect.
November 24th 2003 THE HISTORY OF AUCTIONS A History of Misery and Trickery
November 14th 2003 ACTION NEEDED AGAINST ROBBERS - NOW Enough buck-passing, it's time for action.
November 10th 2003 UNDERSTAND THE PROPERTY ESCALATOR A renewed warning to homesellers.
October 30th 2003 "WRAPS" - ILLEGAL SOMEWHERE, UNETHICAL EVERYWHERE Mr Otton and his amazing concept.
October 30th 2003 MULTI-MILLIONAIRE UNDER ATTACK Kiwi quacker faces critics.
October 21st 2003 THE MAN WHO WOULD BE PROPERTY KING Even Kipling could not have created this character.
October 17th 2003 HENRY'S HOUSE OF CARDS It's all going to come crashing down.
October 15th 2003 WHAT DO WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN TODAY? The codes we live by. Rip-off the government.
October 14th 2003 REVENGE OF THE RENTERS It's boom time for tenants.
October 10th 2003 NEVER A BETTER TIME TO SELL, NOR A WORSE TIME TO BUY A message in the madness.
October 4th 2003 DUMMY BIDDING The Truth about auction's notorious fraud.
October 2nd 2003 DUMMY DENIAL Real estate spokesperson objects to legal truths
September 30th 2003 HENRY'S CAKE Most of his clients just can't bake it.
September 29th 2003 FIRST HOME GRANT SHOULD BE SCRAPPED A social tragedy.
September 23rd 2003 THE "MILLIONAIRE CHALLENGE" More observations from Terry Ryder.
September 22nd 2003 THOSE SHYSTER REAL ESTATE SOLICITORS How they get away with their white-collar crimes.
September 20th 2003 TWO-TIER MARKETING A brief explanation and history.
September 18th 2003 PROPERTY HUCKSTERS How they con people.
September 14th 2003 THE WRAPPER'S RESPONSE Steve McKnight replies to Terry Ryder's article.
September 11th 2003 BEHIND THE MILLIONAIRE CHALLENGE What viewers are not being told
September 8th 2003 REAL ESTATE DECEIT The appalling denials of the real estate institutes
September 4th 2003 WONDERFUL PROPERTY ADVICE How to save $14,994.05 on investment advice.
September 1st 2003 WHEN YOU ARE A SELLER AND A BUYER How to take control of selling one home and buying another
August 29th 2003 TRUE TALES FROM THE DEEP NORTH Agents who push owners into selling.
August 25th 2003 INVESTING IN INVESTMENT BOOKS Great advice is as close as your bookshop.
August 22nd 2003 WHY THE AGENT WANTS TO BURN THE BOOK So consumers don't find out what often goes on.
August 21st 2003 AUCTIONS GET THE SECOND BEST PRICE It's basic mathematics.
August 18th 2003 TOUGH CHALLENGE FOR OLDER FIRST HOME BUYERS Kevin is turning 50 soon. He wants to buy his first home.
August 13th 2003 THE PAUSE BUTTON Don't buy or sell real estate without it
August 12th 2003 HENRY KAYE SLEDGES JENMAN With help from agents and a gossip journalist.
August 12th 2003 HENRY KAYE - DREAM OR NIGHTMARE? Those elusive "thousands of satisfied clients".
August 9th 2003 HOW CONSUMERS ALWAYS LOSE AT AUCTIONS No matter the outcome, consumers always lose.
August 6th 2003 THE SCANDAL OF HOME BUYING COSTS Aside from prices, what about the wasted expenses?
August 5th 2003 AUCTION TRAUMA Cooling-off periods urgently needed
July 25th 2003 A QUICK SALE CAN MEAN THE BEST PRICE Don't let your home become a lemon
July 21st 2003 TRULY UNTOUCHABLES At the doors of the real estate racketeers
July 14th 2003 HOT PROPERTY, COLD PEOPLE Change it all with the miracle of touch
July 9th 2003 VALUE INVESTING Are you an "Intelligent Investor"?
July 2nd 2003 BEWARE OF THE "JACKED" FRAUD Article by Queensland solicitor Tim O'Dwyer
June 29th 2003 AGENTS USE MUSCLE TO BLOCK ADS The Anti-Competitive real estate world
June 28th 2003 STOP STAMPING ON CONSUMERS A "FAIR GO" is all they ask
June 21st 2003 OPEN FOR DECEPTION Consumer lawyer writes about open-house tricks
June 20th 2003 REAL ESTATE 'WRAPS' CONSUMER LAWYER ON 'WRAPPING'
June 11th 2003 KICKBACKS BANNED IN VICTORIA
June 6th 2003 MAXIMISING YOUR SELLING PRICE Sellers need good negotiators NOT incompetent agents.
June 2nd 2003 THOSE NASTY "WRAPPERS" Schemes that need to be shut down
May 29th 2003 WASHING MUD OFF PAUL CLITHEROE Paul Clitheroe, Media Watch, Crikey, Reverse Mortgages and Disclosure.
May 10th 2003 FALSE QUOTES How sellers can protect themselves against false quotes.
May 7th 2003 Consumer Complaints DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH ON FAIR TRADING - Tim O'Dwyer
May 1st 2003 CHEATS PROSPER AS BILLIONS GO MISSING RECA renews calls for a National Inquiry into the Finance Sector
May 1st 2003 PROPERTY GURUS AND FALSE VALUATIONS A property valuer gives an inside look at a common scam.


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