NSW Government launches public consultation to abolish Stamp Duty on property purchases
November 2020 NSW Government launches public consultation to abolish Stamp Duty on property purchases The NSW Government has announced in its recent State Budget a property tax model it says will make home ownership more [...]
NSW Government interest free loans to Owners Corporations to fix cladding crisis
November 2020 NSW Government interest free loans to Owners Corporations to fix cladding crisis The NSW Government has announced in the State budget the establishment of a $930,000,000 fund to allow Owners Corporations to take [...]
Blanket Ban on Pets in Apartments Now Lifted by NSW Court of Appeal
October 2020 Blanket Ban on Pets in Apartments Now Lifted by NSW Court of Appeal One of Sydney’s biggest apartment towers, the 260-apartment Horizon in Darlinghurst, has lost their four-and-a-half-year long battle to ban owners’ [...]
Purchasing an Apartment? Beware of Cladding!
September 2020 Purchasing an Apartment? Beware of Cladding! Avoid costly mistakes when you find your dream apartment or investment unit by making sure you always check for combustible cladding. External combustible cladding presents a severe [...]
New Grant Available
Regional Relocation Grant The Regional Relocation (Home Buyers Grant) Act 2011 will operate for four years, commencing 1 July 2011. The scheme will provide applicants with a one-off payment of $7,000 to assist them with [...]
Single National Network Conveyancing
The nation's only electronic conveyancing system is to be sacrificed to make way for a single national network. The decision to eliminate Victoria's $50 million system, known as ECV, was announced yesterday as part of [...]
First Home Benefits 2012
From January 2012 an eligible first home buyer will pay no stamp duty on the purchase of a new home, an off the plan purchase or vacant land with value up to $600,000 for new [...]
7000 First Home Buyer Grant Scrapped
In its latest budget, the NSW Government has scrapped the $7,000 grant for first homebuyers, but investors who plan to buy a new property will receive incentives up to $35,240. From 1 October 2012, first [...]
Fire Safety Aged Care
Across NSW, over 60,000 people live in Commonwealth Government-accredited residential aged care facilities. A survey of Commonwealth accredited facilities in NSW, undertaken in early 2012, revealed that nearly 600 buildings containing 24,000 beds do not [...]
Your Pool Safe
The NSW state government has announced proposed legislation that will regulate safety compliance for an estimated 340,000 backyard pools in New South Wales.Pools will be required to be listed on a mandatory statewide register which [...]