How real estate changed in 2020

A record-low interest rate. Covid protocols. Record property sales but a rental market under pressure. Property experts look at how some of this year’s key events impacted the real estate sector and what to expect for the rest of 2020.

ADVERTORIAL: Niche opportunity for property inspections

Property Inspections represents an exciting opportunity to niche service providers, or to existing businesses like real estate franchises that want to streamline these existing departments within their business.

Speakers Corner

With reference to a recent online debate sparked by ‘Homebuyers should nominate the transferring attorney’, agents argue that it is generally not in the seller’s best interest to let the buyer choose the transferring attorney.

Who has greater risk: Buyer or seller?

​​It is standard practice that the seller appoints the transfer attorney during a property transaction. If this status quo were to be challenged, what would be the implications?

Property choices galore for retirees

Over the last two decades the property options for the retirement property industry has evolved from limited options to now include an array of lifestyle estate options, sectional title or lock-up-and-go as well as the upmarket coastal home.