Complaints about passive smoking have escalated in strata communities while residents are spending more time at home due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Kevin Turner asked Grant Mifsud from Archers Strata to help with some answers if anything can be done by Bodies Corporate to better protect residents.       Continue reading Smoking in Strata

When on-site and in-room auctions were banned recently it seemed that the real estate industry was well poised not to miss a beat because of the growing popularity of auctions online. Veronica Morgan catches up with auctioneer extraordinaire Damian Cooley to find out why they didn’t kick in as well as everyone thought they would – or did they? Damian tells Veronica.     Continue reading The Facts About Online Auctions

Veronica Morgan catches up with Brendan Coates from the Grattan Institute to get an insight into the possibilities of any removal or relaxation of Stamp Duty. This is Brendan’s specialty and he has some interesting insights that our lawmakers should hear.   Continue reading The Death of Stamp Duty

In more ways than one, the twenty-tens was a decade of considerable change and contrasts. It commenced in the shadow of the GFC and with widespread floods around the country. It ended on the dawn of COVID-19 with some of the biggest bushfires in Australian history. Property didn’t escape unscathed either and Simon Pressley joins Kevin Turner to look back over the decade as it … Continue reading Decade in Review