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Property
Build-to-rent can solve the housing puzzle
Housing industry advocacy groups have called on the government to clarify policy on the build-to-rent sector, claiming that incentives would support building more than 100,000 affordable homes.
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Property
Skilled migrant visa needed to boost tradies
Master Builders Australia chief executive Denita Wawn has urged the Federal Government to make it easier for skilled migrants, claiming they are a vital part of the housing crisis fix – and the only way to build 1.2 million homes in the next five years.
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Regulation
Conveyancers and lawyers in NSW get update on climate guidelines
The NSW Law Society has updated guidelines for solicitors involved in property transactions and warned them against giving advice where they are not qualified, urging them to seek expert scientific advice.
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Property
RBA rate hold will not spur housing market
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to keep the cash rate at 4.35 per cent for the sixth consecutive meeting will not have a dramatic impact on the housing market, experts say.
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Property
Build-to-rent incentives ‘may open door for predators’
Incentives to build more rental properties in the midst of a housing crisis may not improve the landscape unless protections are built in, experts warn.
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Property
Rent increases now limited to once-a-year in WA
In the midst of the housing and rental crisis, laws are being introduced to slow the frequency of rental increase imposed by landlords.
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Property
It’s a slow build as Australian home approval sluggish
Interest rates, labour shortages and investor confidence are contributing to weak building approvals, but there are signs of recovery in detached homes.
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Technology
ACCC holds off on eConveyancing intervention as reform work paused
Australia’s competition watchdog will not get directly involved in a stalemate that threatens to delay opening up the eConveyancing platform to competitors, as it’s not the relevant regulator.
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Property
Minister: Deadlines with penalties needed to keep interoperability on track
The Federal Assistant Minister for Competition wants states to impose deadlines and penalties to ensure the reform of the lucrative electronic conveyancing industry stays on track. The call comes after the interoperability regulator stopped its decade-long work on the change that would dismantle the monopoly help by th
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Property
Housing revamp is NT Labor’s headline election pledge
Leaders Eva Lawlor and Lia Finocchiaro have gone head-to-head in a civil debate as the NT government prepares to enter election caretaker mode.
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Technology
Liberal leader Pesutto pitches housing plan to faithful
Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto has used a speech to party faithful to pitch a crackdown on cultural heritage process delays to speed up housing builds.
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Property
NSW, Queensland vow to push on for reform
After electronic conveyancing regulator ARNECC paused its decade-long work to facilitate interoperability in the industry and break a property settlement monopoly, two states bodies have vowed to push ahead with the reform.
Property
IT outage compensation talk inevitable: CrowdStrike
The Australian president of CrowdStrike has apologised for the cybersecurity company’s role in causing an outage that crippled global IT systems. Friday’s outage, which hit an estimated 8.5 million Windows devices worldwide, was caused by a logic flaw in a software update sent by cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike to i
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Technology
Australia warned to wise up as cyber attacks continue
As technology evolves, so do criminals, and the government must update its infrastructure and standards to keep Australians safe, an expert has urged.
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Property
Home building to gather steam but undershoot 1.2m goal
A recovery in home building is coming but will take time and is still expected to fall short of the 1.2 million national target.
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Property
Victorian buyers target Tarneit, a suburban gem
If you’re reading this and live outside of Victoria, you may be forgiven for no being so familiar with the Melbourne suburb of Tarneit. And this month you may ask yourself why. Tarneit rocketed to the top of the sales charts during June at a time when inner city living in the southern capital seemed […]
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Property
In Queensland, we now have a Morayfield of dreams
The push for space and price – bang for buck – continues to draw buyers north of Brisbane to the suburb of Morayfield. Just as it has done so consistently for months, Morayfield drew more homebuyers to the area than any location in Queensland last month. And it wasn’t by just a little bit by […]
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Property
The coast is also a clear favourite
While Sydney’s outlaying suburbs to the north west continues their relentless sales surge, it seem property buyers are finding their little pieces of paradise on the central coast, Wyong and the Manning Riverland town of Taree. There is no denying the price and location appeal of Marden Park, Rouse Hill, Wentworthville
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Practice
Five ways to find the perfect partner
A successful and smooth property sales transaction is the result of numerous professional stakeholders working in harmony and in the best interests of vendors and buyers. It’s the engine room that navigates the required detail of title searches and legal obligations that support the often-emotional element of a real es
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Practice
Reminder of what makes us special
Workplace culture is often a difficult concept to describe, other than to say you know it’s special when everything just clicks. It speaks to the heart and soul of a business: what makes it tick and how people interact with each other and engage in their work. With unity comes strength. There is power in […]
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Practice
Preparation and peak performance
On the need to work smarter, US president Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) once said: “Give me eight hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first six of them sharpening my axe”. Meticulous preparation was central to his message about achieving success at the time. One hundred and sixty years later, Lincoln’s sentime