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Queensland owners fight 25-year strata contracts

Queensland owners and strata managers agree - pre-sold, locked-in, 25-year management contracts must go.

Victoria's strata laws review will be the biggest update since 2006 - the year before the iPhone was released.

FORUM: Flat buyer would inherit the roof, strata manager wants to pay for lot property repair and minor bathroom leak leads to complete reno demand.

COMMENT: The Premier visiting a strata firm that's under investigation isn't just tin-eared, it's showing total disregard for the strata community.

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NSW Fair Trading has asked the Productivity and Equality Commissioner to launch an inquiry into insurance commissions and other strata kickbacks.

Forum: One of the problems with strata insurance being compulsory is that brokers and their strata manager related companies can dictate the terms.

If you provide someone's address and say negative things about them online, that could be classed as doxxing and get you jailed.

RANT: How to avoid an unexpected special levies shock bill, whether your block is old or brand new.

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Real estate experts fear that a boom in combining homes to sell as potential building sites could lead to an oversupply.

Forum: Should an owner pay for a common property repair and ask for the money back, plus dissolving a two-unit strata scheme.