Landlord appeals recent VCAT ruling on sub-letting via Airbnb
The legal status of Airbnb listings has been challenged in the Supreme Court of Victoria, with a landlord arguing her apartment was illegally sublet through the site.
$100,000 fine for running secret hostel in Sydney supermarket
When City of Sydney’s anti-illegal rentals task force looked behind the scenes of a low-rent supermarket in the city’s centre, rather than cans of food and crates of produce, they found a store room set up with four bunk beds.
Child Window Safety
About 50 children fall from windows or balconies in Australia each year, a report compiled over a 10 year period by The Children’s Hospital at Westmead stated.
Westpac withdraws from real estate lending to foreigners
Westpac Bank and its subsidiaries are no longer lending money to foreigners wanting to buy residential property.