藤兒點評： 做地主老財「炒房」上頭條也算不上什麼新聞吧？

「炒房」不果而又滋生出小小大大令人不快的事件來，可就會演變成新聞了：

地主老財最初只是為「炒房」發愁，沒有旁人察覺到有任何異樣。

當房地產市場開始失控狂飆、被熱炒，不免產生微小的衝突。

繼而房價翻倍、再翻倍、再再翻倍，迅速轉變為暴力「炒房」。

進一步被社會關注、政府警告、地產協會調查......

動不動地主老財自願退居二線，不參與公司的經營......

是否會服毒、自殺，最後就出人命了？？？

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做地主老財「炒房」新海岸地產，會出人命嗎？

話說回來，勸勸現在正在當老闆的人或立志將來當老闆的人，到新海岸地產來見習見習吧！

見習費用全免，還給寫推薦信哦。

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來源：網絡 2016-04-21

新海岸地產否認指控 老闆退居二線

2016年4月20日，正在接受卑詩地產協會調查的新海岸地產經紀公司（New Coast Realty）發表聲明，稱該公司老闆已宣布在調查期間，自願退居二線，不參與公司的經營。

《環球郵報》近日公布的一項調查顯示，位於列治文的新海岸地產公司（New Coast Realty）涉及炒賣售房合同行為，並鼓勵旗下的地產經紀通過這類不當行為來提升業績。環球郵報向地產協會提交了一個含有“潛在的嚴重違規”內容的錄音帶，卑詩地產協會已對此展開調查。

星期二，新海岸地產經紀公司發表聲明稱，公司經紀已實施必要規則和更高標準的管理措施，並公布了針對媒體提出的指控作出的回應，稱公司一直以來遵守法規和條例。

卑詩地產協會上星期表示，新海岸地產公司已同意了對他們提出的經營限制條件，包括任命一名獲得卑詩地產協會認可的管理代理對該公司旗下的持牌地產經紀展開全面的培訓和監督。同時每月要提交所有內部交易報告，信託賬戶，涉及持牌經紀個人的交易，無證助理的活動與收到的任何投訴。

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來源：Vancitybuzz 2016-04-09

Richmond real estate brokerage sanctioned over ethical misconduct allegations

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The Real Estate Council of British Columbia has imposed licensing conditions on a Richmond-based real estate brokerage firm that has been accused of allegedly deceiving home owners into selling their properties for low.

A news release issued this morning indicates that Richmond-based New Coast Realty will be required to abide to seven conditions on its practices effective immediately. This includes: monthly reports to the Council on transactions, trust accounts, activities of unlicensed assistants, and complaints received by the brokerage; approval of account signing authorities by the Council; providing records relating to assignments and commission bonuses; and the retention of copies of all offers for properties.

In addition, the brokerage firm is required to appoint a new managing broker that will be approved by the Council. This new managing broker is also to be in charge of conducting training sessions and supervising licensees.

Managing brokers at B.C. real estate brokerages are responsible for all actions and activities taken by the firm.

The Council says New Coast Realty and its legal counsel have agreed to the conditions. A full investigation is underway and the specific wording of the conditions will be finalized early next week.

New Coast Realty, a relatively new firm, has nearly 450 agents and sold over $1 billion in property in 2015 alone.

“There are a significant number of buyers and sellers with transactions in progress at the brokerage,” said Robert O. Fawcett, the Executive Officer of the Council, in a statement. “Those consumers have contractual obligations that they must meet, and the Council does not wish to impede the transactions.”

“The conditions that have been agreed to with the brokerage will ensure that those transaction are able to proceed, and that the appropriate controls and oversight will be in place.”

This comes swiftly after an in-depth investigation in The Globe and Mail, based on the accounts of several former New Coast Realty brokers and an audio recording of a training session, that uncovered the extent of the firm’s allegedly questionable practices. It also suggests that the firm is actively in the business of flipping homes.

According to the report, real estate agents with the firm are encouraged to “sell the house fast and buy the house fast” to earn more commissions at the expense of the seller. They are also taught to inform property owners that the first offer is always the best offer, even though that is not true.

By closing a sale quickly, the firm and its agents are able to move on to dealing with other properties, accelerating the rate of profits for the real estate brokerage and its agents.

Other allegations point to the brokerage’s agents playing both sides, misleading buyers’ agents on the number of offers on a property, misinforming buyers and sellers of market conditions, and persuading clients to provide a bonus to the buying agent while taking a cut.

The Council says it began an investigation several weeks ago after the Globe and Mail informed them of the existence of a tape recording of a training session.

In recent months, attention on Metro Vancouver’s housing affordability crisis has turned to the practices of local real estate brokerage firms, who may be exacerbating unaffordable market conditions.

On March 18, Premier Christy Clark announced that new policies would be implemented to end the ‘pure, naked greed’ of shadow flipping.