All the property news you’ll ever need

Every week we curate the apartment stories and cull the rest. This is what a whole day's unedited news from Leftfield communications looks like

Forum: Land grab, tree shade and a rejected ramp

Forum: All that plus the neighbours who've cut through the fence from their block to install a gate and use the adjoining scheme's visitor parking.

Quirky: Property-mad Aussies will buy anything

Quirky: Ruined homes, haunted houses, tiny lots, jail cells and spaceships - no matter how weird and wonderful, someone somewhere wants to buy it.

ATO cracking down on Airbnb-for-me properties

The ATO crackdown on tax breaks for short-term lets used by their owners for personal holidays could cost Airbnb hosts thousands of dollars.

NEWS: More women choosing flats for safety

NEWS: Melbourne women choose flats over houses for security reasons - could we see female-only unit blocks? Plus all the other apartment news.

Forum: Why ‘compulsory’ training is anything but

Forum: Why committee training lacks bite, insurance won't pay injury claim in full, boxes stacked in parking space, aren't all balconies common property?

Webinars: Difficult owners and tricky committees

Bannermans Lawyers are taking registrations for their free webinars on how to deal with difficult owners and making your committee work better.

Quirky: Panic room and safe places for pussies

QUIRKY: Multi-million-dollar mansions for sale, parrots in peril, pub pokie losers cast shade on housing, payment system won't take rent or levies.

News: Nassif’s daughter avoids jail for $150m rort

NEWS: Fugitive developer Jean Nassif's daughter walks away from jail time for falsifying $150m loan documents.

Coming soon – clip-on solar for your balcony

It's the climate denialst, anti-EV committee's worst nightmare - owners may soon be able to install solar panels on the front of their balconies.

OCN take their strata show on the road

The Owners Corporation Network shows it's serious about extending its advice and advocacy coverage to Victoria.

Forum: No silver bullet to solve mould problems

Forum. Question of the week about mould, new childproof window locks regs, tenant's flood damages flat below, tighter terms for building managers.