You've got an emergency and you can't get hold of your property manager or landlord... what do you do? Firstly, is the repair urgent? The Consumer Affairs website lists certain situations as urgent repairs, such as: burst water service eg. a…
Investors in search of properties that will deliver high capital growth in the years ahead may find a safe bet on the outskirts of Melbourne. These regions accounted for the bulk of high growth property markets in Hotspotting.com.au’s latest Top 10 Best…
With rents stagnating throughout the country, landlords who decide to save a few bucks on maintenance could end up turning their investment properties into rental deathtraps. The biggest insurance claims made by landlords according to Terri Scheer Insurance is for loss…
If you could sign a rental lease for a decade, would you? And – more importantly – should you? These questions are being asked by Victoria’s State Government via a rental industry proposal currently on the table. The proposal is investigating…
The cooling in housing markets around Australia has been confirmed by new data showing the combined capital city auction clearance rate fell to 62.1 per cent for the December quarter of 2015, the lowest level since 2012. The quarter started at 73.4 per cent, the Corelogic RP Data shows.…
Victoria's tenants union has called for changes to the state’s tenancy laws that would allow people to keep pets in rental homes without needing approval from their landlords. In a submission to the Residential Tenancies Act Review, announced by the Victorian…
One third of all Victorian renters are not getting their bond back in full, and few exercise their right to lodge an appeal. Over 90 per cent of applications to the residential tenancies division of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal – excluding those from the director…
Melbourne has been named the world’s most liveable city in The Economist’s annual study for the fifth year running. The designation is perhaps even more impressive given 57 of the 140 cities surveyed – over one third – have all…
Tents pitched on a balcony and in the corner of a living room are being advertised to renters from $390 a month in one of the more outrageous signs of Melbourne's desperate rental market. The listings were posted on two…
They spend their days talking up the properties they sell, but what do real estate agents really think of your acid-yellow splashback? Domain asked agents to nominate the renovations or design features they would never include in their own homes,…