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Inquiry into how estate agent's wife Nicole Mars made $500,000 on unit sale
By Linda Simalis and Tony Vermeer From: The Sunday Telegraph April 18, 2010 2:05AM Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print Email Share Add to Digg Add to del.icio.us Add to Facebook Add to Kwoff Add to Myspace Add to Newsvine What are these?
Nicole Mars and her husband Kevin Barnes / The Sunday Telegraph Source: The Sunday Telegraph
Estate agent's wife bought units for $2.5m
Sold them to NSW for $3m just 24 hours later
State Government accused of incompetence
AN inquiry has been ordered into how a real-estate agent's wife made $500,000 from taxpayers by buying a block of units for $2.5 million and selling it on to the NSW Government the same day for $3 million.
The twin transactions, on July 10 last year, came after the NSW Land and Housing Corporation, part of Housing NSW, approached staff at Raine and Horne Gosford looking for properties suitable for public housing, an investigation by The Sunday Telegraph has revealed.
Property and corporate records show Nicole Mars, an office manager at the agency who is married to its licensee, Kevin Barnes, bought and sold the 11-unit development in Walmsley Rd, Ourimbah, using a company she formed the previous month and which she has now applied to de-register.
The deal has raised serious questions about the operations of a NSW Government agency charged with identifying and buying properties for the State's most needy families.
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The State Opposition alleges NSW Housing acted incompetently.
The office of Housing Minister David Borger said the matter had been referred to the Department of Fair Trading for investigation and Housing NSW was considering taking legal action to recover costs.
"Housing NSW had serious concerns about the actions taken by some of the people involved in this transaction and acted quickly by referring the matter to the appropriate investigating authority, Fair Trading, back in August last year," a spokesman said.
"Housing NSW negotiated this acquisition in good faith and its primary concern is to receive good legal title.
"It also relies on the Property, Stock and Business Agents Act 2002 and the obligations that Act imposes on agents and salespersons when they are involved in transactions relating to the sale or purchase of land.
"Housing NSW suspects a breach of this legislation."
Questions
Investment and Securities Commission records show that on June 9, Ms Mars formed a company, Nikmar Pty Ltd, with herself as sole director and shareholder.
On July 10, Nikmar bought the Walmsley Rd units from a company called Aulian. RP Data property records show the price paid was $2.5 million.
The same day, Nikmar sold the property to the Land and Housing Corporation for $3 million.
Settlement for both transactions was on September 4. Property records also reveal that on December 23, Ms Mars, using her married name, and Mr Barnes bought a four-bedroom house with a pool at Erina for $717,000.
On March 12, an application was lodged with ASIC for Nikmar Pty Ltd to be voluntarily deregistered.
The Sunday Telegraph sent Mr Barnes and Ms Mars a series of questions about Nikmar and the sale of the Ourimbah units.
Mr Barnes said his agency was not responsible for any over-payment for the property by the corporation.
He said the agency had been approached by a consultant company acting on behalf of Housing NSW.
The agency had shown the company several properties, including the Ourimbah units.
Mr Barnes said the price for the units was negotiated with the firm making the first offer. He had disclosed verbally and in writing his wife's association with Nikmar.
"There is no substance at all in your suggestion that my agency is responsible for any over-payment by the NSW Housing and Land Corporation," he said.. |
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