This week CoreLogic reports that 70.5% of homes listed sold as volumes increased across the capital cities. There were 1,107 capital city homes taken to auction this week, of the 841 results collected so far, 70.5% were successful results. The performance across the two largest capital cities remains mixed. While volumes remained extremely l...

  The rules that apply to the management of abandoned goods were recently updated and are now located in the Uncollected Goods Act 1995 (NSW). Goods are 'uncollected goods' if, amongst others: a landlord reasonably believes the goods have been abandoned or left behind by the tenant or an occupant of the premises after vacant p...

  Did you know, 18.9 million renters visit realestate.com each month. Renters expect to be able to see all available rental properties when searching on realestate.com.au, and over time, research shows that 33% of landlords are now managing their rental properties themselves and 24% of those landlords considered switching to a propert...

  The recommendations are that the usual cleaning of rental property occurs as per the requirements of the legislation. A special "deep" clean should not be necessary however NSW Ministry of Health provided the below information about cleaning for confirmed cases of COVID-19. Clean all "high-touch" surfaces, such a...

  A Sydney man has won a NSW Supreme Court battle against his neighbour over a 3.35 square metre piece of former "dunny lane" land after he invoked squatters rights. Justice Francois Kunc, who ruled on who owns the small piece of land, said the case involved two very Australian phenomena: the 'dunny' and dedication t...