“Ugly” PAMDA – the unforgettable monster-like version partly decapitated last October – is still winding its...
Agent climbs mountain but fails to reach peak: Verbal side-agreement prevails over signed 22A; commission stated as % only ok
Agent Gaile Huskins agreed to a discounted $5,500 commission per townhouse sold in a sole agency arrangement for a small...
Swimming pools and spas – just how much red tape can you have?
A public register, mandatory pre-contract notices, mandatory pre-settlement notices, recurring inspections, 90-day recti...
Tough times: Sellers get paid but zero commission to agents
Two recent cases in the District Court in Brisbane have highlighted how agents can lose out in situations where they wou...
New PAMDA: Confusion on cutover. What has really changed?
Contract and Forms provider ADL Software – who closely monitored the implementation of the new Queensland PAMDA processe...
When does PAMDA apply to vacant development site? Agent escapes $333,000 liability
Agents are familiar with the nervous feeling in their stomach when it comes to PAMDA and the sale of a development site ...
High anxiety: PAMDA termination deadline today and cutover tomorrow
A drama that reflects the turmoil of the last ten years of PAMDA madness is unfolding around tonight’s cutover to ...
Reversal of fortune: Put & call options now liable to PAMDA termination
The Court of Appeal this week reversed an earlier immunity granted to developers’ put and call options with regard...
It actually hurts so it’s really not funny: Does the Minister still know what he did last month?
In a serious underestimation of the creative madness of Fair Trading Minister Peter Lawlor, this blog predicted in May t...