Minister: Deadlines with penalties needed to keep interoperability on track
The Federal Assistant Minister for Competition wants states to impose deadlines and penalties to ensure the reform of the lucrative electronic conveyancing industry stays on track. The call comes after the interoperability regulator stopped its decade-long work on the change that would dismantle the monopoly held by the publicly-listed PEXA.
Budget 2024: Conveyancers welcome home building package, but is it enough?
Key players in the Australian conveyancing sector have cautiously welcomed the federal government’s 2024/25 budget, backing extra investment in housing while flagging a lack of new support for homebuyers trying to get into the property market.
BENEFITS OF USING SPEAR FOR PLANS
For those that lodge an infrequent number of SPEAR Dealing types or do not wish to become a SPEAR ELN Subscriber, you may consider using an existing SPEAR ELN subscriber. AIC Vic Member Jen Nelson, of Nelson Property Transfer Services and SettleIT conveyancing partner, provides a synopsis on the benefits of lodging documents via SPEAR.
