Former Harcourts agent made $225,000 profit in five months, bought property he had listed

A former Harcourts agent bought a property he had listed and then sold it for a $225,000 profit five months later, according to a decision published by the Real Estate Authority. That told how Peter Tromp de Haas once worked for the high-profile chain on the target="_blank">North Shore at a branch office that has since been shut. His case was cited in Tuesday’s Real Estate Agents Discipliniary Tribunal hearing of a misconduct charge against Harcourts Cooper & Co managing director Martin Cooper and agency Harcourts Cooper & Co Real Estate for not providing documents.

A complaints assessment committee last year found Tromp de Haas guilty of misconduct, fined him $3000 and revealed what happened after a couple said they tried to buy the property he had listed with conditions but failed and instead he bought it. Tromp de Haas bought the North Shore property in September 2019..