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From 1 January 2026, Strata Community Association NSW (SCA NSW) will begin a phased replacement of insurance commissions for strata managing agents. Where previously remuneration was received from commissions for the critical value strata managing agents provide as part of...

Starting on 3 February 2025, new laws in NSW will change the way strata managing agents are required to disclose information to owners corporations. These changes are designed to increase transparency and ensure that disclosures are made on time. Let’s...

Strata levies are important for keeping a property in good condition, but sometimes unexpected financial difficulties can make it hard for owners to pay them. Whether it’s due to surprise expenses or changes in their personal situation, unpaid levies can...

We get it.  It’s 9:55 pm on a Thursday, and the one person in the block who doesn’t have kids has decided to have a couple of Friday-eve drinks and sing off-key to Hootie and the Blowfish whilst proclaiming they...

In Short: From 1 January 2026, Strata Community Association NSW (SCA NSW) will begin a phased replacement of insurance commissions for strata managing agents. SCA (NSW) will spend significant time and resources supporting members, including an updated Agency Agreement delivered...

As part of the NSW Government’s push to improve owner understanding of strata living, NSW Fair Trading this week launched its Strata Building Health Check campaign. The NSW Fair Trading campaign provides practical information, including a Strata Building Health Check step-by-step guide, to...

As from 1 July 2020, new laws apply to disposal of goods abandoned on strata common property. New legislation came into force on that date, amending various acts and effectively transferring regulation of goods abandoned on strata common property from...

97 Ilunga Drive, Scott Creek Helga and Wolfgang Peukert found their peace at Hilltop – and now they are hoping new owners of the Scott Creek property will be able to experience the same feeling. Built in the mid-1980s, the...

The property market across the Darling Downs and Maranoa regions is booming, with many areas recording double digit growth over the past 12 months. New data from property researcher CoreLogic has revealed only a handful of suburbs across the region...

Returning contestants Ronnie and Georgia’s neutral boudoir nudged out stiff competition from party boys Luke and Josh’s pricey bachelor pad to win the The Block’s first room reveal. While judges Neale Whitaker, Darren Palmer and Shaynna Blaze were wowed by...

Author Jane Harper reveals how she went from an apartment in St Kilda to her “dream home”. Jane Harper is an author who became a household name after the release of her debut novel, The Dry. She recently sold her...

Marcoola has topped the list of suburbs where rents have risen the most in the country over the past year, according to Realestate.com.au. A RECORD exodus of city slickers to regional areas in the wake of the Covid pandemic has...

22 Tunks St, Waverton sold for $2.71m. An uninhabitable wreck on the north shore left vacant for a decade has sold for close to $900,000 above reserve after attracting a whopping 45 bidders. The Waverton home built in 1902 came...

Hot property: No.46 Rialannah, Road in Mount Nelson. Picture: Supplied AN updated 1950s home in Mount Nelson — sold in mere days for a cracking price — is the latest example of how fast-moving and high-flying Hobart’s property market can...

John Curtin, one of Australia’s greatest prime ministers, once lived at 16 Barry St, Brunswick. The former Brunswick home of wartime prime minister John Curtin has sold after just two weeks on the market. The late Labor leader, who was...

590 Dunns Creek Rd, Dromana, is on the rental market for $900 per week. Rents have swelled as much as 50 per cent annually in Melbourne’s tenant hot spots, with sea and tree-change areas leading the field. But realestate.com.au research...

Karen Ristevski’s former Avondale Heights home. Laws that could land dodgy real estate agents or vendors in prison for failing to disclose a murder, meth lab, flammable cladding or asbestos at a home are yet to be tested, more than...

Auctioneer Chris Scerri at the virtual auction for a Ryde home. Picture: Julian Andrews A late Ryde homeowner has used Sydney’s soaring home prices to help the greater good – the proceeds from his $1.87 million sale will be donated...

Auctioneer David Cortous called bids at 5 Melrose Ave, Highton. Picture: Mike Dugdale A 1970s custom designed home in Highton has sold $137,000 over the odds at auction. The four-bedroom residence at 5 Melrose Ave sold for $1.37 million at...

Auctioneer Tom Butters calls for bids at 12 Langibanool Ave, Hamlyn Heights. A couple who paid nearly $140,000 over the reserve for a three-bedroom weatherboard home in Hamlyn Heights are confident it will pay them back in the future. The...