Posts Tagged ‘agent’
In firefighters we trust (but not property agents)
February 28th, 2010 | 
Author: WHO would you trust more? A fireman, or a real estate agent?
Thought so.
So did 760 Singapore residents who took part in an online poll conducted by Reader’s Digest magazine on the most trusted professionals in the country.
Conducted last October, the poll gave them two lists of 55 individuals and 40 professions and asked them to rate their trustworthiness on a scale of one to 10.
The results show… more
Posted in Singapore Financial News | 
Tags: agent, Conducted, country, Digest, Estate, fireman, magazine, October, online, part, poll, professions, rate, Reader, reader s digest, real estate agent, scale, Singapore, singapore residents, thought, trustworthiness | 
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Thumbs up for ending estate agents dual role
A PROPOSAL to ban property agents from representing both the seller and buyer in the same transaction has generated strong public interest – with many giving the idea the thumbs up.
This practice, widespread in the HDB resale market, leaves the agent with a clear conflict of interest.
But there is likely to be resistance from some agents who stand to lose commissions if it is implemented.
The pr… more
Posted in Singapore Financial News |
Tags: agent, buyer, commissions, conflict, conflict of interest, giving, HDB, hdb resale, idea, interest, market, practice, property, proposal, public interest, resale, resale market, resistance, seller, transaction |
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Clarification: Mortgage fraud story (AP)
AP – In the first paragraph of an Aug. 10 story about a mortgage fraud trial, The Associated Press reported that real estate agent Joseph Babajian was acquitted in the scheme, while two others were found guilty. The paragraph should have noted that Babajian was acquitted only of several charges.
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Tags: agent, Associated, associated press, Aug, Estate, fraud, fraud trial, Joseph Babajian, mortgage, mortgage fraud, paragraph, press, real estate agent, scheme, story, trial |
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High-profile Calif. real estate agent acquitted (AP)
AP – A high-profile Beverly Hills real estate agent has been acquitted of participating in a massive mortgage fraud scheme that caused federally insured banks to lose more than $40 million.
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Tags: agent, banks, Beverly Hills, beverly hills real estate, Estate, fraud, fraud scheme, high profile, hills real estate, mortgage, mortgage fraud, real estate agent, scheme |
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