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Sydney real estate agent accidentally sets client’s house on fire while tidying up for inspections

A Sydney real estate agent accidentally burned her client’s multimillion-dollar Northern Beaches home to ground, a court has ruled.

Domain Residential realtor Julie Bundock was supervising an open house at the four-bedroom home on Riverview Rd at Avalon Beach in May 2019 when the blaze erupted, and she had to make an unenviable call to her client.

“Oh my God, Pete, I think I have burnt down your house,” homeowner Peter Alan Bush told the Supreme Court of NSW that Bundock said to him over the phone.

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Bundock admitted to tossing some of the tenants’ bedding, which was drying on the verandah, onto a freestanding metal shelf next to a wall-mounted light in one of the bedrooms while she was tidying.

“I just threw them there, Pete, right up against the light on the wall. I think that’s what started the fire,” Bush recalled Bundock saying, in court documents obtained by 7NEWS.com.au.

It is believed to heat from the light set the

Zendaya’s Homes: Inside the ‘Dune’ Star’s Real Estate Portfolio

Zendaya’s success can be attributed to many things, including her ability to know what she wants and to go for it. This same applies to Zendaya’s homes, which she’s selectively curated over the years to create a formidable real estate portfolio. Her former interior designer Brittaney Elise, who has also worked with the likes of Michael B. Jordan and Selena Gomez, once called the Challengers actor’s taste “immaculate.” Zendaya, in typical humble fashion, demurred, telling Architectural Digest that the two “worked really well together,” complimenting Elise for how she “transformed her ideas into a beautiful reality.”

She was likely downplaying her influence on the design of her homes, however—after all, the former Disney star’s penchant for stylish nesting has even extended to her Dune costar Timothée Chalamet’s bachelor pad. During a joint interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Zendaya shared how she helped outfit Chalamet’s NYC apartment with “a few necessities” like cups, plates, and cleaning supplies. “The vibe was very teenage boy,” she said. Below, we’re sharing a glimpse into Zendaya’s bicoastal homes, each with its own distinct vibe—none of which is, thankfully, “teenage boy.”

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What’s changing in Utah’s housing market after real estate lawsuit settlement

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SALT LAKE CITY — The spring home buying season is here, and realtor Alicia Holdaway says Utah’s housing market is getting busy.

“We’re seeing multiple offers come back,” Holdaway told KSL-TV on Monday. “We’re seeing open houses with dozens of people through them again.”

The pickup in buying comes at a time when the real estate world is undergoing a major shakeup. As KSL reported last week, the National Association of Realtors has agreed to settle lawsuits accusing the organization of keeping real estate agent commissions artificially high.

The National Association of Realtors has agreed to pay $418 million to home buyers who have sued over that premises. The group also has to change its rules to prohibit seller’s agents from promising compensation for buyer’s agents on the site where homes are listed for sale.

Commissions will now have to be negotiated separately.

“The idea that commissions should be transparent — at least from my experience — they have,” said Kreg Wagner, general counsel at the Utah Association of Realtors. “They have been negotiable.”

Holdaway echoed that.

“It’s always been negotiable,” she said, “but the consumer may feel more empowered to negotiate.”

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