Qld agent handed 10-year ban and $30k fine
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An investigation by Queensland’s Office of Fair Trading uncovered trust account failures dating back several years.
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Real estate agent ordered to repay $7.4m for pushing Ponzi scheme
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A “thoroughly unscrupulous real estate agent” has been ordered by an NSW Supreme Court judge to repay the money lost by a family after he encouraged them to invest in Ralan property developments.
Read MoreAirbnb boom hits a wall as landlords slash prices to lure tourists
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The rise of Airbnb may not be so inexorable after all, with holiday home prices sliding more than 10 per cent this year as travellers return to hotels and local authorities make running short-term rentals more expensive and difficult.
Read MoreBlue Mountains: 'rare' opportunity to invest at the Three Sisters
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Stuck between a rock and a hard place on your next investment? Snap up a tourist hotspot with a “secure income stream” nestled among one of Australia’s most dramatic landscapes.
Read MoreReal estate agency, licensee fined for late bond lodgements
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Failing to lodge a substantial number of tenancy security bonds within the required 14-day timeframe has seen a Cannington real estate agency and its director fined a total of $10,000 by the State Administrative Tribunal.
Read MoreNew laws introduced to improve strata living
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New laws designed to take immediate action to help restore confidence in living and investing in strata schemes are now before the NSW parliament.
Read MoreMaking renting fairer in NSW
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The Minns Labor Government is delivering on its election commitment to improve rental laws and help make renting fairer, announcing new laws to end no-grounds evictions.
Read MoreRBA holds interest rates steady, but big banks still expect cuts in three months
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Households will need to wait a little longer before interest rates come down, with recent inflation figures not quite low enough to convince the Reserve Bank to cut rates just yet.
Brisbane could be more expensive than Melbourne ‘forever’: Expert
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Brisbane has hit a fresh record home price with experts tipping it could stay more expensive than Melbourne ‘forever’.
Paddington’s Captain Cook Hotel, pub without pokies, sells for $6.6m
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Pubs and pokies baron Bruce Mathieson bought Paddington’s Captain Cook Hotel for more than $13m in 2022 — it’s just sold for half that, for a very good reason.
Read MoreNew rental laws commence in South Australia on 1 July 2024 under "biggest update of rental laws" in nearly 30 years
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23 June 2024
In a media release today, the South Australian Government has announced the commencement of major rental reforms from 1 July 2024. This comes after earlier reforms were introduced to SA renting laws on 1 September 2023.
The July 2024 reforms also follow the State Government’s proposed bill from November 2023 to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 1995, and it seems the then-proposed changes will now become law.
Read MoreCheap rentals drying up in Townsville
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The number of affordable rentals has plummeted in Townsville with new data showing less than 17 per cent of homes listed for lease are under the $400 mark.
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