New guidelines to be issued by the Real Estate Institute of Australia will outlaw rental auctions and ban the use of a rental price range in advertising.
Victoria yesterday become the first state to introduce the measures, described by the Real Estate Institute of Victoria as necessary to ensure that transparent and fair processes were in [...]

The Australian - THE NSW Government yesterday launched the traditional law and order auction ahead of a state election, promising more police and tougher sentences.
In an announcement whose timing Premier Morris Iemma said had to do with completion of government reviews rather than next month’s poll, he said police numbers would be boosted by [...]

You can list an item for just 10c on Friday 23 February 2007, no matter what your listing price is, as long as it is in a Fixed Price format. All other fees including feature fees, final value fees, reserve price fees and PayPal fees will still apply.
Fixed price listings are perfect for products that [...]

Turners Auctions has reported a 37 per cent fall in net profit after tax to $3.17 million for the 2006 calendar year.
The result compared to $5.02 million a year earlier, with the company saying that vehicle and finance market conditions had been a major contributor to the decline.
Operating revenues were down 7 per cent to [...]

Officials from eBay Inc. and its payments division PayPal Inc. have recently held private discussions in Washington about the possibility of applying for a limited banking charter, according to two people familiar with the company’s moves.
The charter would reduce PayPal’s dependency on partnerships with other banks.
But San Jose, Calif.-based eBay’s plans were thrown into doubt [...]

Fairfax Media believes two-thirds of all new mobile television channels should be made available to third-party content providers, as the competition regulator prepares the framework for the auction of Channel B.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has been seeking industry opinion on how it should design an access regime for Channel B, the new TV [...]

The annual superfine and specialty wool auctions in Launceston this week have not delivered the usual high price spikes.
The top price of 3,800 cents a kilogram was paid by New England Wools for a bale of 15.2 micron fleece.
Buyers were chasing strong superfine wools, but discounted weaker types, blaming the large amount of drought-affected wool [...]