Developer calls no evidence of unit’s value; court grants specific performance to avoid damages price drop signal June 09, 2020 | 239 views An off-the-plan purchase of a Canberra unit signed up in August 2016 was to be settled 14 days after Read Story
Buyer crashes contract for late delivery of certificate: when is a ‘day’ a day and not 24 hours? June 08, 2020 | 247 views Even the most seasoned sales agents and lawyers can come unstuck when it comes to the calculation of Read Story
Buyer misled by subdivision “sold” prices, wins $2.6 mil comp for sale above market value June 04, 2020 | 246 views In September 2007 Derek Eckford and wife Gale were enticed by a sign advertising the sale of undevel Read Story
Are Rent to Buy deals dead? Owners must repay buyer’s improvement costs and excessive deposit November 07, 2019 | 391 views The marketeer guaranteed to cover the owners’ mortgage payments and other outgoings in exchange fo Read Story
Contract crashed on incomplete DA works, seller saved by interim occupancy certificate November 04, 2019 | 291 views It is not uncommon for residential sales contracts to require the seller to complete specified works Read Story
Anatomy of a subdivision: Developer’s role reversal forces profit payment from lender June 13, 2019 | 196 views A seasoned civil works contractor keen to develop a major Lockyer Valley subdivision enlisted the su Read Story
Court declares ‘mistake’, reverses buyer’s $330k property contract windfall June 11, 2019 | 253 views Standard real estate contract terms provide for the adjustment of rental prepayments as between buye Read Story
Luxury yacht cash buyer wins $1 mil defective paint job damages April 23, 2019 | 206 views A Hervey Bay property investor has sued a Sunshine Coast couple after the deck and fibreglass hull o Read Story
Chicken grower defeats contract termination over devastating livestock feed delivery failure April 20, 2019 | 1239 views The ins and outs of table poultry production came under the spotlight in a recent dispute that arose Read Story