Even in its death throes, the PAMDA monster is revealing it has no intention of fading quietly. Solicitors acting for se...
Hold on a minute – shouldn’t they at least apologise over PAMDA calamity?
Fair Trading minister Peter Lawlor’s official reason – put forward in his “Explanatory Notes” to the amendin...
What new traps for agents in PAMDA process after September?
After next month, PAMDA’s new chapter 11 will only allow termination on one ground – if a buyer proves they ...
$8.5 million walk-in: Q1 penthouse sale holds against PAMDA termination threat
In April 2007 a buyer walked into a real estate office to make an offer on a Q1 Penthouse at Surfers Paradise for $8.5mi...
Contract change not initialled. When can buyer walk away?
Every agent learns that amendments made to a contract after signing by a party must – to ensure contract validity –...
The ferocious PAMDA monster lives on…
The complex document ordering, contract presentation and re-presentation requirements in PAMDA will be axed from October...
PAMDA is still a monster – only some of its heads have been cut
The Queensland government has taken the sword to the PAMDA monster by slowly cutting off one of its heads but leaving it...
PAMDA – the monthly cost of reform delay
The PAMDA mess rolls on. Let’s examine the cost paid by Queensland families and businesses for each month the prom...
Residential Put & Call Options – does PAMDA apply?
A put and call option is sometimes treated in law in the same way as a sale contract and if it relates to residential pr...