How styling can mask a pile of property problems
A cooling property market has led to estate agents having to work just a bit harder to move apartments and houses. And, as Sue Williams reports, that has meant some…
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New property commish: first job, build bridges
The NSW Government has appointed the state’s first Property Services Commissioner in a move that it says “will herald a new era of trust and engagement between the real estate…
Estate agents pull plug on proposed property panel
Real estate agents have pulled out of the much-derided Property Services Professional panel in NSW, with the CEO of their peak body saying it would have “no capacity to deliver…
Agents silent about defects orders on units
If you were wondering what the point of a Property Services Commissioner was – the new position having been announced this month by NSW Better Regulation Minister Kevin Anderson –…
Podcast: Work cut out for property commissioner
We’re looking at some big news this week on the podcast and wondering what it all means. NSW Fair Trading has announced that they will be appointing a properties commissioner…
Property commish to target dodgy RE dealings
NSW’s under-quoting and over-promising Real Estate agents should be quaking in their pointy shoes this week with the announcement that the state government is planning to appoint a Property Services…
RE ‘experts’ on better service exclude customers
If there was any doubt which side of the great strata divide Fair Trading is on – between those who make money from Real Estate and those who live in…
Cracks showing as Fair Trading loses friends
Fair Trading, the unheralded and little-loved corner of the NSW department of Innovation and Better Regulation has always had its resources stretched to breaking point. It’s a vital service cursed…