Melbourne’s CBD strata office deals almost doubled in the first quarter of 2021 as low interest rates pumped up interest in the boutique asset class.
Strata committees are forcing residents to carry their pets across foyers and demanding references,while emboldened owners are openly flouting by-laws banning animals in the wake of a high-profile court victory.
It's the dog fight that has captivated Sydney and this month it will command the attention of the state's peak lawmaking bodies.
Governments have never understood that private citizens cannot be given unlimited power to run their own communities.
Amid current conditions,low interest rates and reassessment of office demand has provided a solid foundation for Sydney's strata office sector.
Anger,resentment and shame are tearing apart communities apart as residents call the police on each other.
A bitter saga over noise in a Claremont unit has ended in the Supreme Court of Western Australia ordering the offending property owner to pay a hefty fine.
V-Leader group and Melbourne criminal lawyer Michael Gleeson have finally sealed a deal that will see them both get ahead in different ways.
WA is one of the few Australian states still allowing the practice of wheel clamping.
Banning kids from a strata building pool would seem to be a cut-and-dried case of age discrimination - but legally there's not much that can be done about it.
Office strata assets are moving back into the spotlight as investors prefer to buy rather than pay high city rents.