2025: The year that was
We reflect on the impact of the past 12 months on the economy, housing, innovation and legislation, before taking a look at 2026
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We reflect on the impact of the past 12 months on the economy, housing, innovation and legislation, before taking a look at 2026
Significant changes are coming for Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing legislation, with conveyancers soon to be among the entities responsible for reporting.
An NSW parliamentary inquiry into interoperability reform has taken aim at PEXA’s market monopoly and move to hold others out. Its CEO says the reform model is fundamentally flawed.
Outages, pricing and competition will form part of a probe into NSW e-conveyancing practice. The inquiry comes after the governing body’s delay in an interoperability rollout.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is shaping the way industries and businesses go about their work. It’s good for workflow and profile, experts say. We conduct a Chat GPT quiz on conveyancers.
Victorians keen on a career as property professionals now have the option to enrol in a new fully online advanced diploma of conveyancing.
The AIC NT annual conference is set to shine a light on contracting, industry impact and how to use “proactive strategies” to navigate current business challenges.
An NSW parliamentary inquiry will put competition in the e-conveyancing market under the spotlight at a public hearing next month.
eConveyancing regulator ARNECC comes under the spotlight as Senate committee hears how a lack of enforcement power and scant resourcing has delayed competition in the $330 million market.
Most witnesses stressed the need for greater power for ARNECC as well as support from Federal agencies.
The switch to eConveyancing will apply to mortgages to begin with, followed by caveats in January and full transfers in August 2026.
When you’re dealing with large sums of money and the average home price is over a million dollars, people want the reassurance of dealing with another person. That’s the view of lawyer Brian Fang, who is the focus of this Australian Conveyancer Q&A.