How to get free financial advice from your super fund
The third most popular new year’s resolution – after losing weight and eating healthy food – is usually about getting the finances in order. But how to go about it?…
Labor pounces on Scott Morrison’s negative gearing ‘lie’ after release of secret briefing documents
Federal Labor’s negative gearing overhaul would likely have a “small” impact on home values, official documents reveal, contradicting Government claims the policy would “smash” Australia’s housing market. The previously confidential…
Experts predict build-to-rent revolution coming to Australia
The number of homes built explicitly to rent out is set to take off in Australia over the next five years, housing industry experts have predicted. They’ll be nothing like…
Pets in rentals: Is it fair to take away a landlord’s right to refuse?
Victoria’s peak body for real estate agents is shaping up for a fight against the Government over reforms to allow renters greater rights to own pets, saying investors are already…
NSW announces legislation to end ‘dodgy and dirty’ DAs
The NSW government has announced that expert independent planning panels will be mandatory in Sydney and Wollongong for certain developments, which some see as good news while others see as “eroding local democracy”.
Baird government has no industry support for privatisation of land titles registry
The Baird government is charging ahead with its land titles registry sell-off, despite having no support from peak professional bodies across the state’s property sector.
Failed off-the-plan apartments ‘second-hand’
GOOD news on prices can be hard to come by for property buyers trying to break into the market. But a ruling by the tax office could offer a glimmer of hope to locals wanting to buy an off-the plan apartment by putting them off-limits to overseas investors.
Report on tenancy law review released
Improvements to tenancy laws have been identified in a new report tabled in the NSW Parliament. The report on the statutory review of the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 details findings…
5 signs your property is a drug lab
No landlord wants to see their investment property involved in an illegal drug bust on the evening news, so here’s how property managers can tackle the problem early.
Apartment dwellers lose out as Airbnb here to stay, court rules
People living in apartments will not be able to stop other landlords renting their properties on Airbnb to short term tenants, a landmark Supreme Court decision has found.