by Fiona Touhill | Apr 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
A new CGT withholding regime for foreign residents will be introduced from 1 July 2016. Any contracts entered into on or after this date by an Australian foreign resident vendor of real property with a market value over $2 million will need to apply for a clearance...
by Fiona Touhill | Mar 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
Reminder (assuming it is not extended for the 3rd time) By 29 April 2016 all vendors wanting to sell or lease their property must have the pool registered with the state government’s Pool Register and those documents must be attached to the sale contract or...
by Fiona Touhill | Feb 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
On 1 January 2016 the Department of Fair Trading launched “Rental Bonds Online”. This is a facility to enable payment of bonds for residentail rental properties online. Gone are the days of obtaining a cheque, completing a form, posting both to the...
by Fiona Touhill | Jan 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Visitor parking or common property parking is the bugbear of most unit blocks. Whether it is owners or tenants parking in visitor’s car parking and using it like their own parking spot, or parking on common property blocking garages or allotted car spots, or...
by Fiona Touhill | Dec 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
Even if you do not want to sell your unit to a developer – you may be out voted and forced to sell Terminate or Renew a strata scheme From July 2016, to terminate and renew a strata scheme (referred to as Collective Sale and Renewal), only 75% approval will be...
