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Minister explains new strata laws in detail
The proposed new strata laws and the thinking behind them were explained in the NSW Parliament this week by Fair Trading Minister Anoulak Chanthivong.
Time to finally end the disruptive low levies lurk
Developers can still emply a low levies lurk, setting fees at unfeasibly low rates to attract buyers, then sit back and watch as they rise to meet real needs and…
Tradies shortage gutting housing target, claim
Australia needs to loosen planning controls and boost apprenticeship incentives, reskill migrants already in the country, and launch an international campaign to bring in skilled migrants if we are going…
Podcast: Chandler army’s 90% defects hit rate
We have an absolute rock star podcast guest this week, in NSW Building Commission Policy Director Angus Abadee. Angus gave us a good 20 minutes of his valuable time to…
Podcast: Chandler’s army ready for inspections
Don’t know if Building Commissioner David Chandler has a hotline to Santa but with the Building Commission being boosted from 40 to 400 inspectors, you’d have to think all his Christmas…
Buyers will pay more for five-star rating – survey
Sixty per cent of apartment buyers say they would pay more for apartments if they were more confident of the build quality and were sure that the contractor or building…
Podcast: Contract con tricks and little victories
It’s very much a mixed bag in this week’s podcast, not least because what’s good news for some in property prices is, inevitably, bad news for others. But first, we…
Property boss pushes more build-to-rent blocks
The head of the developer lobby group Property Council of Australia (PCA) has urged state and federal governments to give more support to the build-to-rent, student accommodation and retirement living…
Podcast: Political pleas and battle for the soul of Bondi
It’s a longer than usual podcast this week so strap yourselves in. Firstly we look at the Owners Corporation Network’s (OCN) 10-point manifesto which they have announced leading up to…
Podcast: When crims become dodgy developers
It’s hardly a true crime podcast but this week, inspired by connections made in the press between the relatives of property developers and their friends with police records, we wade…
Development industry reforms ‘back on track’
After weeks of turmoil in NSW Fair Trading and in the Building and Property services commissioners’ offices, in particular, the loud and clear message is not so much “business as…