Bond and evictions boost for renters
Life looks like it’s going to get a little easier for millions of renters across NSW with two big announcements within a couple of days. Firstly, New South Wales Premiers…
Strata tenants
Renters: How the other half (just about) lives
Half of all Australian strata apartments are investment properties that are tenanted. Strata renters must follow all the strata laws, by laws and rules but they have almost no strata…
Cut migrants to ease rental crisis – expert
A leading property analyst says the Australian government’s target of building 1.2 million new homes is pie in the sky. “I have a better chance of winning Lotto next week…
We’re Back – Lawyer in the Hotseat returns
Back by popular demand, join JimmyT as he fires questions that are both curly and sometimes quirky, but always informative, at David Bannerman, principal of Bannermans Lawyers. Kicking off at 3.30…
Rental commish has pet bans, evictions in sights
Nothing succeeds like success and if the newly minted rentals commissioner is anything like as productive as Building Commissioner David Chandler, then the whole rentals scene in the state can…
Apartment rents soar in our two biggest cities
Australia’s rents are continuing to rise rapidly, with median rents hitting record highs across five of the eight capital cities over the past three months. And it’s renters in units…
Rent bidding ban has backfired, say RE agents
The NSW Government’s ban on agents from engaging in ‘rent bidding’ has backfired, as tenants are not only now more aware that they can offer above the asking rent, they…
Podcast: Rent bidding ban and too much information
In this our last Flat Chat Wrap podcast of the year, we kick the tyres of a couple of issues that will have consequences throughout strata. Or will they? And…
Rent bidding ban will give tenants a fairer go
As of this weekend, NSW estate agents and landlords will be breaking the law if they suggest to potential tenants that they can secure a property if they offer more…
Podcast: The many sins of commission at Fair Trading
If there is one area of NSW Liberal politics that may be glad that the kerfuffle over the appointment of a trade envoy to New York is drawing so much…
Podcast: Property battle on for young and old
This week on the Flat Chat Wrap, as we approach the election, we are looking again at the various parties housing policies and wonder what they really mean. We recorded…
Overexposed strata chairs may hide from the Hub
Executive committees could be about to see a mass exodus of office-bearers as a new register of strata schemes takes effect in NSW next month, warn insiders. Simply put, some…