Capital gains withholding: Impacts for foreign and Australian residents On 9 May 2017 the Federal Government announced proposed changes to the foreign resident capital gains withholding rate and threshold. The changes will apply to contracts entered into on or after 1 July 2017. for real property disposals where the contract price is $750,000 and [...]
On 9 May 2017 the Federal Government released the 2017 / 2018 Federal Budget. To further the aim of, ‘improving Australians’ access to secure and affordable housing across the housing spectrum’, a number of changes were introduced in this budget that are of particular interest to the property industry. On the face of it, if [...]
If you’ve ever been between homes, perhaps when heading overseas for an extended period, you may have experienced the strange feeling of being keyless. While that sensation can be partly one of freedom, it can also be one of loss and feeling adrift. In addition to their practical purpose, keys symbolise that which they unlock—a [...]
It’s no coincidence that our business name has dual meanings. Naturally, we deal with conveyancing matters but, more importantly, the practice of conveyancing matters very much to us and, of course, to our clients. The play on words is clever because it is accurate and appropriate. Any business seeking to improve and grow must encourage [...]
Fortunately, moving into a new home is a time of happy anticipation for most of our clients. Having found their dream home, they look forward to enjoying its features and putting their own stamp on it. It can also be an anxious time, with a lot of preparation and work needed for the move to [...]
Most business owners only dream of getting away for holiday long enough to feel truly relaxed and refreshed. For many, their much-needed leave is interrupted by constant email messages and phone calls from harried staff members and even from demanding clients. Worse still, they face returning to work to find their businesses in a state [...]
Smoothly finalising property transactions is not a matter of chance—it’s not even a matter of having gained experience in the field. To ensure successful outcomes you need to fit together the pieces of a puzzle. By this I mean that you need to form relationships with various property professionals who will work together and with [...]
To the delight of the whole Conveyancing Matters team, National Electronic Conveyancing (NEC) was introduced in South Australia on Monday 4 July 2016 under the Real Property (Electronic Conveyancing) Amendment Act 2016. This followed its successful implementation in New South Wales and Victoria in 2015, and Queensland and Western Australia earlier this year. Electronic conveyancing [...]
Our team at Conveyancing Matters are thrilled to announce that electronic conveyancing starts on Monday 4th July 2016 which will make the settlement and conveyancing process easier for everybody. The term "electronic conveyancing” refers to a conveyancing transaction where practitioners have elected to settle electronically through the electronic platform provided by Property Exchange Australia Ltd [...]
As we approach the end of this financial year we have updates on changes to Lands Titles Office registration fees, search fees and Stamp Duty concessions. Lands Titles Office Fees and Charges 2016-2017 The revised fee schedule for each of the Regulations will come into operation on 1 July 2016 in relation to conveyancing document [...]
