David Dowe's real estate and travel links


Real estate links
www.realtyguide.com.au /vic.htm: Australian Property Monitors - latest Sydney and Melbourne auction results, home price guide, and residential research. (**You have to pay for these prices**)
The Home Price Guide, 1-800-817-616.

Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) - contact details Ph: (+61 3 9205 6666 or) +61 3 9205 6677; choosing an agent and REIV's (agent) member directory.
Real Estate Agents who are REIV Members and Auction code of conduct.

http://www.property.com.au.
http://www.homepriceguide.com.au/index_hpg.htm re links to past prices in an area.
http://www.realestate.com.au (apparently a good site with links to past prices in an area, _but_ it seems to knock my browser over).
http://www.realestateview.com.au (seems to knock my browser over).
http://www.domain.com.au (is The Age's searchable real estate section): buy in Vic. and rent in Vic.; and house sit.
Armstrong & Chapman: http://property.com.au.
www.beller.com.au and sales@beller.com.au .
Biggin and Scott (www.bigginscott.com.au)'s sale properties.
www.buxton.com.au, Elsternwick office and For Sale property list; and buxton@buxton.com.au .
www.chisholmgamon.com.au (and info@chisholmgamon.com.au).
H. C. Costello (www.hccostello.com.au), hccostel@iaccess.com.au .
Coverlid and Davies, Richmond.
www.firstnational.com.au (and www.phillipsnicholson.com.au can knock the browser over).
Gary Peer (as at Wedn. 9 March 2005, this firm is in court and in the news over alleged impropriety - see, e.g., The Age, Thur. 10 March 2005, page 10).
Geoff Nixon and Associates, Tel.: 9528-4422; Fax.: 9523-0714.
L. and N. Hain, 9563-5400.
Patrick Halpin: www.patrickhalpin.com.au.
www.hillandcoast.com.au.
www.hockingstuart.com.au 9596-7055 and info@hockingstuart.com.au .
www.hodgesrealestate.com.au and sales@hodgesrealestate.com.au .
House sit: www.housesitters.com.au (sometimes knocks my browser over).
www.jpdixonrealestate.com.au /index2.html and jpdixonbrighton@bigpond.com .
www.ljhooker.com Australia buying services: buy property.
www.monsu.org.au/housing/local_re.htm: Local real estate agents for Caulfield and Clayton students.
www.patrickhalpin.com.au.
www.peterwendt.com.au /top.html (one of the agents here is, well, arguably perhaps best avoided).
www.phillipsnicholson.com.au (of www.firstnational.com.au) can knock the browser over.
www.ramsaythompson.com.au (mainly or wholly private sales, Elsternwick to Sandringham including surrounding suburbs). (This link seems to knock the browser over.)
www.raywhite.com.au Australia.
www.rmalcolm.com.au and cheltenham@rmalcolm.com.au .
Sandy Anderson: (03) 9532-7755 .
www.stockdaleandleggo.com.au.
www.TBM.com.au.
Tiernan.
www.whiting.com.au and whiting@pros21.bu.aust.com .
www.wilsonpride.com.au and wilsonpride@wilsonpride.com.au .
www.woodards.com.au /buy.html.


Strata/stratum/etc. title links
Law Institute of Victoria and http://www.liv.asn.au/public/rights/rights-Strata.html.
WebWombat search on stratum title.


Architects, building inspectors
Archicentre.
BSS.


Carpet cleaners
Blight's Cleaning Service.


Conveyancers
Blah.


Estate Agents Resolution Service (EARS)
Estate Agents Resolution Service (EARS) 1 300 737 030.


Pests (non-human, not real estate agents) and pest control
www.protechpest.com.au.


Removalists, relocation people; storage
AAA removalists, Ferntree Gully / Geelong. ``A.A.A.A. Absolutely Safe & Sound Removals & Storage Local and Interstate from $35 per hour. 2 men storage from only $7 per week Cartons from $1 each for free quotes contact 9562 9974.''
[There is one mob, called S K Removals, and in my personal opinion I can not and I do not recommend them.]
Towan S J Removals (Steve Towan), 24 Spray Ave Mordialloc 3195; Tel.: (03) 9580 8860, Mob: 0408 176 417.


Rental and share housing - some notes
Share housing survival guide, by Redfern Legal Centre.


Residential Tenancies Act 1997
Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents (www.dms.dpc.vic.gov.au); click on "Victorian Statute Book"; click on 1997 "Acts";
find in frame "residential" (Act No. 109/1997): Residential Tenancies Act 1997; Section 237: "Reduced period of notice of intention to vacate in certain circumstances".


Residential tenancies bond authority
Residential tenancies bond authority 9627-6143.


Residential tenancy tribunal
Residential Tenancies Tribunal 9627-6222.


Storage
Clayton self storage.
Kennards self storage, North Rd.


Tenancy Enquiry Line
Tenancy Enquiry Line 1 300 558 181.


Other WWW sites
``Problems with real estate agents'', Choice magazine (www.choice.com.au), March 2004, pp8-13.
www.ethicsinrealestate.com (www.jenman.com.au) and free consumer seminars. Jenman Approved agents and warning about ``Jenman agents''.


Home loan links
Buying a home: http://www.liv.asn.au/public/rights/rights-Buying.html.
Bank Choice: www.bankchoice.com.au home loans for lending comparisons.
Advantage Credit Union.
AIMS.
AMP Banking.
ANZ Bank: 1-800-035-500 (or 13 13 14).
ANZ Direct.
Arab Bank.
Aussie Home Loans.
AXA Home Loans.
Bank Choice (www.bankchoice.com.au) home loans for lending comparisons.
Bank of Melbourne: http://www.westpac.com.au.
Bank of Queensland.
Bank West.
Bendigo Bank.
BMC Mortgage Corp.
Cannex (www.cannex.com.au) Rates and Mortgages.
Collins Securities.
Commonwealth Bank; and professional packages for members of, e.g., ACS (Vic. branch).
Credit Union Australia.
http://www.echoice.com.au.
Education Credit Union.
Endeavour Credit Union.
http://www.ewizard.com.au (Wizard Mortgage Corp.): home loans - "comparison table", "dare to compare"; AAPR, "about" and contact details. This link seems to knock the browser over. Tel.: 13 19 70.
Flick your bank (as in get rid of your bank): www.flickyourbank.com.au.
HomePath (http://www.homepath.com.au) (I believe that they might be a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Commonwealth Bank).
HSBC.
http://www.ingdirect.com .au (http://www.ingdirect.com.au).
LoanNET.
Melbourne Credit Union.
National Australia Bank's http://www.national.com.au/Personal_Finance/0%2C%2C555%2C00.html 13 13 12.
Nestegg Home Loans.
North West Country Credit Union.
Pioneer Mortgage Services.
RACV Finance.
RAMS Home Loans: 13-7267.
South West Credit Union.
St. George Bank: 13-3555.
Suburban Management.
Suncorp Metway.
Super HL by Memb Eq.
Super Members Home Loans.
VIC Home Loans 13-38-39.
Vic Teachers Credit Union.
Westpac (http://www.westpac.com.au): Bank of Melbourne.

http://www.ewizard.com.au (Wizard Mortgage Corp.): home loans - "comparison table", "dare to compare"; AAPR, "about" and contact details. This link seems to knock the browser over. Tel.: 13 19 70.

Buying a home: http://www.liv.asn.au/public/rights/rights-Buying.html.
Other legal stuff: Law Institute of Victoria and http://www.liv.asn.au/public/rights.

Bridging Finance and ``Deposit Power Guarantee''
Royal & SunAlliance offer a ``Deposit Power Guarantee'' that enables buyers to sign the contract now and pay the deposit later. Tel.: 1-800-066-155.

Home loan and mortgage magazines
"Mortgage choice",
"Your mortgage".

Frequently requested id. and financial status info. when applying for a home loan:
Drivers' licence; Last 2 (or possibly more) pay slips; Last 1 (or possibly more) statements of bank balance; Statements of share holdings; Statements of other financial assets; Last 1 or 2 Taxation group certificates; Copy of title of relevant of property (if you have this); Copies of 2 or more pages of signatures, etc. from the contract of sale (if you have this); Receipt of deposit (if you have paid a deposit on a place).


State revenue office, First home-owners' grants and stamp duty
State revenue office (SRO, 13-2161), stamp duty and General information on First home-owners' grants.
See Duties Act 2000 (Act No. 79/2000, clause 81) and `Your Mortgage', Oct. 2001 (No. 34), p.31 re deadline of payment of stamp duty.


Home and contents insurance
Blah.


Landlord insurance
Coverlid and Davies, Richmond re landlord insurance.



Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO)
Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO), Contact the TIO: 1800 062 058.



Travel links: travel links.
whitepages.com.au and whereis.com.au.



Spanish real estate notes: Links for real estate in (Spain or) Espan~a (and Valencia)
www.idealista.com and www.idealista.com/pagina/portada (perhaps the most reliable - but beware possible scammers amongst the others)
http://www.fotocasa.es
www.pisos.com/viviendas/zona_de_valencia
http://valencia.loquo.com/ce/housing/flats-for-rent/312
www.habitamos.com
www.portae.com/portae/home/home.htm
(e.g.) www.BancajaHabitat.es, www.BancajaHabitat.es/viviendas/pov-valencia/pisos/listado.aspx and www.BancajaHabitat.es/viviendas/pov-valencia/pisos/listado.aspx?a=25&mode=m (and Bancaja/Bancaixa [www.BancajaHabitat.es] said [in late Jan 2011] that they'd lend up to 80% of the [assessed] value as a European mortgage/hipoteca and that it'd be approx. 10% impuestas, plus abogados, noterio and registro)
  • (Short-term [or holiday]) rental ideas:
    www.valenciacityrentals.com
    www.rentalia.com



    Miscellaneous, other, links
    The Hunger Site, The Rainforest Site, The Breast Cancer Site, www.GiveWater.org, and "improving the world".

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  • This page, http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~dld/realestate.html, was last updated no earlier than 20th June 2002.

    Copyright David L. Dowe, Monash University, Australia, 15 March 2000.