It's one of the most expensive decisions of your life: finding a place to live.
Whether you're buying, selling or renting, the process can be stressful and financially draining.
Yet stories abound about unethical and misleading tactics employed by the professionals who are supposed to guide us through this process: real estate agents.
Four Corners wants to hear about your experience with the real estate industry. Use the form below or this link to tell us your story.
Are you a real estate agent or do you work in the industry? We'd love to hear from you.
Are you buying or selling? Have you been affected by underquoting? It's a well-documented issue in the industry in which agents intentionally give a lower price for a property than what it's estimated to sell for in order to artificially drive up competition.
The ACCC warns of other unethical practices too, such as agents making false claims about offers on a property and "dummy bidding".
Australia has a housing affordability problem, we are in the grip of a rental crisis, interest rates are rising and costs of living are soaring.
We want to know how issues in the real estate industry are adding pressure to an already-overheated market.
