Construction and property

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Construction insolvencies peak over the Christmas close-down. This article explains why builders fail at year end and what directors should do if theirs is at ...
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Victoria's new reserve price disclosure rules reshape price discovery for mortgagee sales. Lenders, receivers and developers face new timing pressures and evidentiary scrutiny from October ...
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$3.2 billion developer failure, 2,000 homes under construction - and a Home Building Compensation Fund exposure that scheme design caps far below the headline number. ...

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Administrators from Teneo were appointed to Bathla on Tuesday. Group debt has been put at around $3.6 billion, with 226 employees and close to 15,000 ...

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If you build homes or apartments in Victoria, the single most important document about your business is no longer your insurance eligibility letter. It’s your ...

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In February we said Japan's election would test Australian balance sheets within six to twelve months. We were right about the mechanism. We were wrong ...

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The NSW residential development sector continues to operate under heightened regulatory scrutiny. The Residential Apartment Buildings Act 2020 (NSW) (the RAB Act) was introduced to ...

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From 10 August 2026, self-managed super funds will no longer be able to enter into new limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) to acquire residential property. ...

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Voluntary Administration is often discussed in terms of what it prevents: liquidation, forced asset sales, the disorderly wind-up of a business that still has life ...

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SOPA disputes are now one of the biggest drivers of construction insolvencies, and holding DOCAs are increasingly being used to manage them. Why this matters ...