Bathroom goods supplier, Highgrove – “the fastest-growing bathroomware company on the East Coast of Australia” – w...
PAMDA non-compliance: buyer recovers $250,000: two lots = one residential “parcel”
Before last week I felt just a little – in relation to the already considerable volume of law on PAMDA’s applicati...
The extent of BCCMA termination traps: must the CMS be “attached”?
Justice minister Paul Lucas has so far ignored pleas from Queensland real estate agents to halt the start of BCCMA chang...
Developer dumped in white-water: agents caught in splash over absent Sunshine Beach views
It was fifth and sixth time unlucky for Sunshine Beach developer Mark Bain Constructions when the company and two local ...
Agent gets paid but sellers given opportunity to vent on “unfair” REIQ exclusive agency terms
Self-represented sellers who were ordered to pay Ray White Surfers Paradise a second commission on the sale of their hom...
Agents in the gun again: new disclosure rules explained
Amendments to the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 (BCCMA) that came into force on Thursday have again t...
Can change-of-mind seller escape on incomplete solicitor’s certificate?
In a sign that Queensland is enjoying a real estate resurgence at least somewhere, it was a seller who this time sought ...
Ratchet rent reviews banned – opportunity for landlords going, going, gone
The uncertain fate of “ratchet” retail rent reviews has finally been decided – a law passed in parliament last wee...
Assimilation or devolution? When PAMDA does NOT apply to Put & Call options
The last word on the application of PAMDA to put and call options was spoken by the Court of Appeal in September 2010: “...