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The decision by the Morrison government to back down on a key recommendation by the banking royal commission, and agree not to prohibit trail commissions on new loans, was widely welcomed by the broking industry.   But he has warned that the Government will review it again in 3...

A body corporate committee was found to have “failed to act reasonably” in refusing an apartment owner’s request to install a key safe to enable their Airbnb guests to access the unit because of fears it would “open the floodgates” for similar requests.   We cover...

The CoreLogic quarterly rent review shows national weekly rents increased by 0.3% over the second quarter of 2019; slower than the 1.0% increase in the previous quarter and level with rental growth over the June 2018 quarter.  Cameron Kusher looks at what’s ahead for rents....

Canberra – Australasia’s national capital is an unusual market.  Unusual in that it appears to be impacted more heavily than any other market in the country around elections.  With the federal election out of the way – what is happening in Canberra?   Simon Chester from...