Discretion the better part of valour: red tape retreat as anxious agents await deregulation details July 06, 2011 | 865 views Agents can be forgiven for holding suspicions about the proposed deregulation of commissions and “ Read Story
BCCMA & PAMDA net drowning agents in contract compliance rules June 03, 2011 | 886 views Undaunted by calls for a moratorium on ill-considered regulation, the government has pulled even Read Story
PAMDA non-compliance: buyer recovers $250,000: two lots = one residential “parcel” May 13, 2011 | 859 views Before last week I felt just a little – in relation to the already considerable volume of law on PAM Read Story
The extent of BCCMA termination traps: must the CMS be “attached”? May 05, 2011 | 1171 views Justice minister Paul Lucas has so far ignored pleas from Queensland real estate agents to halt the Read Story
Developer dumped in white-water: agents caught in splash over absent Sunshine Beach views May 04, 2011 | 2732 views It was fifth and sixth time unlucky for Sunshine Beach developer Mark Bain Constructions when the c Read Story
Agent gets paid but sellers given opportunity to vent on “unfair” REIQ exclusive agency terms April 25, 2011 | 1069 views Self-represented sellers who were ordered to pay Ray White Surfers Paradise a second commission on t Read Story
Agents in the gun again: new disclosure rules explained April 20, 2011 | 885 views Amendments to the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 (BCCMA) that came into f Read Story
Can change-of-mind seller escape on incomplete solicitor’s certificate? April 03, 2011 | 841 views In a sign that Queensland is enjoying a real estate resurgence at least somewhere, it was a seller w Read Story
Assimilation or devolution? When PAMDA does NOT apply to Put & Call options March 31, 2011 | 972 views The last word on the application of PAMDA to put and call options was spoken by the Court of Appeal Read Story