REAL ESTATE FINANCE and INVESTMENT ALERT June 2020 NSW Building Reforms – Developers access to finance to be affected On the 3rd and 4th of June, the NSW Parliament passed two pieces of legislation as part of the reforms initiated in 2019 to deal with issues relating to the quality of construction and other problems…
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The domino effect of the Covid-19 Leasing Changes
REAL ESTATE FINANCE AND INVESTMENT ALERT May 2020 The domino effect of the Covid-19 Leasing Changes Welcome to our newly named Real Estate Finance and Investment Alert. The addition of the reference to “Finance” is to better reflect the nature of our business, which is to assist commercial property investors and developers improve their finance…
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Has NSW clarified the Mandatory Leasing Code?
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT ALERT Special Edition April 2020 Has NSW clarified the Mandatory Leasing Code? As mentioned in our last Alert, on 7 April 2020 the Federal Government released its mandatory code of conduct setting out the “good faith leasing principles” to apply during the COVID-19 period to negotiations between landlords and tenants in respect…
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Borrowers beware – financier’s rights may not be affected by COVID-19 policies
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT ALERT April 2020 Borrowers beware – financier’s rights may not be affected by COVID-19 policies Since our last Alert, the regulatory environment in Australia has been turned on its head by a wave of changes, the likes and speed of which has not been seen before. In circumstances like this, it is…
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