If your home burned down tomorrow, would your insurance payout actually cover the cost to rebuild it? For a lot of Australian property owners, the honest answer is “probably not” — and most don’t find that out until they’re standing…
If you’re caught up in a property settlement, a deceased estate dispute, or any other matter that’s heading towards the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, you’ve probably already been told you’ll need a “proper” valuation — not just…
Finding an easement on your property title can raise an obvious question: can I get rid of it? Sometimes the answer is yes. But an easement isn’t simply a note on a title that a property owner can ask to…
A strata apartment can look like a great buy until you check the quarterly levies. Maybe the unit is well located, recently renovated and comparable apartments are selling for strong prices. But then you discover the owners are paying $3,000,…
Property owners frequently assume a single valuation figure applies across every situation they might encounter, whether that is insuring their home, transferring property to a family member, refinancing with a bank, or challenging a land tax assessment. In reality, two…
A commercial property valuation is a more complex assessment than most owners and investors realise until they receive a report and want to understand how the final figure was determined. Unlike residential property, where comparable sales often provide much of…
Strata title property makes up a significant proportion of the residential and commercial property stock in Sydney and across Australia’s major cities. Apartments, townhouses, commercial suites, industrial units, and retail shops are frequently sold, transferred, and held on strata title,…
Most property owners in Australia know an easement exists on their land because it is recorded on the property title. What many do not know is how significantly it may affect the property’s market value or whether any compensation paid…
INTRODUCTION Insurance is one of those things most property owners set up once and rarely revisit until they need to make a claim. By then, it is often too late to discover that the sum insured on the policy bears…
Most property buyers assume stamp duty is simply a percentage of whatever price is written on the contract. For a standard arm’s length sale between unrelated parties, that assumption is correct. The moment a transaction steps outside that standard pattern,…
