Land Agents’ Bureau
Sir,—Last Thursday’s issue stated that, with the multiple bureau recently formed from 29 of the 34 real estate agents, time and money will be saved. Does this mean they require the purchaser to find his own conveyance to view the property? Is the bureau, which will have the sole agency for 60 days, going to save money by not advertising the property? Will the card remain in the bureau’s cabinet until an inquiry is made for a suitable property? To my mind this creates a monopoly. There are about 120 Licensed land agents operating in Canterbury whose licences are granted on character and credentials. Surely all these are entitled to admission to .the Real Estate of New Zealand. I will be interested to read the names of those 29 members of the Multiple? Listing Bureau.—-Yours, etc., JOE BLACK. August 27, 1957. * [Mr Donald Wilson, chairman of the Christchurch Multiple Listing Bureau, commented as follows: “The answers to the above questions are: (1) No. (2) No. (3) No. The Multiple Listing Bureau is a co-operative selling organisation and definitely does not create a monopoly. Membership to the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand is available to all licensed land agents who comply with Section 4 of the institute’s rules.”]
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Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28370, 31 August 1957, Page 3
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