The senior bureaucrat who reviewed building regulation for the New South Wales government has condemned the lack of action on his 2015 report, warning the defects in the Opal Tower…
DetailsMembers are advised that the reforms to the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 have passed through parliament last night without any amendments. These major changes affect tenants,landlords and their property managers.…
DetailsSome apartment owners in New South Wales could be banned from renting out their properties on Airbnb, after the State Government reached a compromise position on laws governing short-term holiday…
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When Sydneysider Caitlin Hession bought her Brunswick apartment off the plan in 2015, she thought she was making a smart financial move – Melbourne properties were much cheaper. She packed up and moved…
DetailsNew guidelines about standards for rental properties will remove ‘slum’ landlords from the market. or residential property investors and landlords who want to maintain the value of their assets, keeping…
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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…
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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”.
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First home buyers will be helped into the property market with more than $1 billion of stamp duty concessions and measures to level the playing field with investors under reforms unveiled by Premier Gladys Berejiklian to tackle housing affordability.
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SURE, Scott Morrison has delivered his second Budget declaring there are “better days ahead”, but here is what it actually means for you.
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Over 70% of Home Owners in NSW in the Dark about NSW Government’s Land Titles Asset Privatisation. More than 80% oppose move, urging the new NSW Premier to abandon plans immediately.
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