Vulnerable tenants are increasingly falling victim to rental scams amid crippling accommodation shortages and record competition for housing. Long-term rental rights advocate and Tenants’ Union of NSW head Leo Patterson Ross said conditions were “ideal” for scammers because more renters were “desperate”. He said urgent action was required to stemContinue Reading
NSW’s first suite of rental reforms has stumbled at the first hurdle and will undergo a parliamentary inquiry over concerns it could increase rent bidding despite clauses to explicitly ban the act. While the Bill introduced to parliament earlier this month aimed to end solicited rent bidding, it also requiredContinue Reading
A listing to buy a Sydney house has raised eyebrows over its unusual marketing strategy. The advertisement for the five-bedroom, three-bathroom home, situated in Bardwell Park in the city’s south, doesn’t waste any time getting straight to the point. The first sentence is all about the rental income an investorContinue Reading