The push for regime change at the root of Queensland’s real estate regulation debacle has gained momentum with PAM...
Agent appeals: $226k commission denied over incomplete PAMDA form
Yong Internationals has failed to successfully appeal its loss of a $226,000 commission over the $9 million contract for...
Discretion the better part of valour: red tape retreat as anxious agents await deregulation details
Agents can be forgiven for holding suspicions about the proposed deregulation of commissions and “reconsideration” of ne...
BCCMA & PAMDA net drowning agents in contract compliance rules
Undaunted by calls for a moratorium on ill-considered regulation, the government has pulled even tighter on the net in 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...
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 ...
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: “...