Tenants the winners in rent bidding crackdown
NSW Fair Trading report shows that the state's tenants are the winners as the crackdown on rent bidding sees cost of rentals fall.
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Forum: Who’s watching the CCTV watchers
There are all sorts of good reasons for having cameras mounted on common property in apartment blocks. Being able to see who’s coming and going at your front door would…
Podcast: Balcony singer in strata soap opera
The Podcast takes a musical twist this week when we discuss the ear-bending plight of residents of four apartment blocks in Eastwood who have been subjected to – or privileged…
Forum: Oil leak exposes hole in strata know-how
It’s fair to say that most if not all of the problems in strata come down to lack of knowledge (or ignorance, if you want to be brutal). If one…
Forum: Let the kids play … somewhere else
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Podcast: NCAT still crazy after all these years
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Don’t panic – investment in units still adds up
It was enough to send a chill through the heart of any investor; a recent story in a Sydney newspaper warned that you could be paying almost $17,000 a month…
Housing problems come home to roost in Budget
With Prime Minister Anthony Albanese having pledged to do something about Australia’s housing shortage, the affordability crisis and rent stress, Housing Ministers from the states and territories met this week…
Airbnb: ‘Residential rental crisis is not our fault’
We received a long and detailed email from Airbnb last week and we thought it was only fair to let you make your own minds up about the global holiday…
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…
Hold the avo: young buyers hungry for deposits
Spending on ‘smashed avocado’ brunches and other frivolous items is definitely not a lifestyle option for young people saving for their first home, no matter what their income level, new…
Here comes the new wave of student over-crowding
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