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Skinny 17 years ago

Death of the Joneses

18/02/2008 Skinny 3 Comments

Well, another good idea bites the dust. Joneses Real Estate has gone into voluntary liquidation. I wrote a post here several months back on the Joneses. It seems that any alternative to the commission sale model on selling your house is doomed to failure. Which is a pity as there is a market for it, […]

Skinny 17 years ago

The Joneses, and the Real Estate Institute

21/10/2007 Skinny 4 Comments

I’ve just finished watching Sunday on TVNZ . The first story was about the recent spat between the Joneses Real Estate company, and the REINZ (Real Estate Institute of New Zealand). Chris Taylor of the Joneses talked about their flat fee structure. All of their agents are on salary so that, they say, effectively removes […]