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Sunday 26 July 2026

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Jul 21, 2026

Home investors blindly walking into new-build contract risk

The Federal Budget tax changes has created a wave of inexperienced investors who mistakenly believe that new-build home contracts are sale and simple, and they are blindly and dangerously signing contracts they don’t understand.

Jul 21, 2026

A confident outlook is just the beginning

Leanne Pilkington is CEO and Director of real estate network Laing+Simmons, with over years’ experience in the industry including. What has she learned along the journey? She shares her wisdom in her own words: