AML/CTF and the shape of what’s to come for practitioners
Conveyancers, lawyers and real estate agents have been given their first look at AML/CTF reform requirements and a guidelines document just released.
Conveyancers, lawyers and real estate agents have been given their first look at AML/CTF reform requirements and a guidelines document just released.
A leading financial crime risk and compliance expert says conveyancers need to keep a close eye on non-mortgage property transactions under new AML/CTF compliance laws.
An interest rate cut is back in the running on Melbourne Cup Day as surprising unemployment figures offer borrowers hope of a home-loan victory.
Rental stress in Australia’s biggest city has hit record levels, with the average tenant now spending more than 30 per cent of income on rent, the real estate industry’s peak body said.
A lift in expectations of an interest rate cut have provided a springboard to send Australian equities to new highs, after weeks of consolidation.
Australia is set to see a bumper weekend of auctions this weekend, with Melbourne expected to witness more than 1,100 home go under the hammer.
Australia's jobless rate has soared to 4.5 per cent, the highest level since 2021, defying predictions from economists.
Official data showed a surge in overseas entrants to Australia in August, which a think tank says is exacerbating pressure in the country’s housing market.
Construction is behind schedule by tens of thousands of homes, fresh figures reveal, after the first full year of a Federal Government housing goal.
Melbourne last week beat Sydney on auction clearance rates, which have surged to their highest levels in three weeks across the nation’s capitals.