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News: When affordability is a national disgrace

NEWS: One person's house price crash is another's affordability boost, meanwhile buyers struggle to get an honest price guide.

Could AI replace your SM? Ask Claude

You can safely bet some strata managers are already using AI to help them with facts and figures - but are they feeding the beast that will destroy them?

How AI suggests we deal with a noisy neighbour

We asked three AI platforms for an answer to a delicate strata problem - just to see if they could really replace a compassionate strata manager.

Forum: Does strata smart mean computer savvy?

Forum: The question of the week is, how computer-savvy do you have to be to serve on your committee - and how dumb is the compulsory training?

News: One story – where can we afford to live?

News: Families forced back together, low deposit buyers squeezed, owners owe more, rent strike warning ... and luxury apartments are booming.

House rents fall but apartments on the rise

Is the fall in house rents a blip or a trend, and will more people switching to apartments make their rents rise even more?

More of your Qs and As from the lawyer’s Hot Seat

Embedded networks, special levies, vexatious emailers, refusal to get reno permission, mould, committee training, forced to vote and money laundering.

Quirky: Property buyers can’t keep off the grass

Quirky: Stars selling mansions, dreamers buying chunks of grass, data centres squeezing rural homes and Australia's "worst" Woolworths slammed.

And the loser is… SMH hands out ICAC awards

When we said the ICAC Rosny hearings were the best ticket in town, we never thought the Sydney Morning Herald would turn them into an awards show

Forum: Garage fridge fire doubles insurance cost

Forum: Smoke spread doubles strata insurance, dispute over terrace tiles on garage roof slab, strata manager dodges detailed invoices and official inquiry call.