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2024 Issue 272
- Issue 278 - Warning when using third party payment platforms for real estate transactions
- Issue 277 - Real estate agency, licensee fined for late bond lodgements
- Issue 276 - Kick start 2024 by getting your CPD points early
- Issue 275 - Fines for failing to lodge tenancy bonds
- Issue 274 - Agent fined for failing to comply with audit requirements
- Issue 273 - Beware - Scammers Targeting Perth Property Sales
- Issue 272 - It's trust account audit time!
2023 Issues 262 - 271
- Issue 271 - Residential Tenancy reforms introduced to Parliament
- Issue 270 - Continuing Professional Development and you
- Issue 269 - Managing a shared tenancy
- Issue 268 - New licence qualification
- Issue 267 - Minimising the risk of mould in a rental property
- Issue 266 - Update on the review of residential tenancy laws in Western Australia
- Issue 265 - Protecting trust accounts from scams
- Issue 264 - Breaking a lease
- Issue 263 - It's trust account audit time!
- Issue 262 - Managing a property affected by a disaster
2022 Issues 252 - 261
- Issue 261 - Pool safety - it's everyone's responsibility
- Issue 260 - Data security in the real estate industry
- Issue 259 - Review of Family Domestic Violence Tenancy Laws
- Issue 258 - Continuing Professional Development in 2022
- Issue 257 - Survey from Energy Policy WA
- Issue 256 - Cybersecurity risk warning
- Issue 255 - How to increase the bond after a rent increase
- Issue 254 - Reminder of the dangers of toppling furniture and large appliances
- Issue 253 - Will current COVID-19 requirements affect your business?
- Issue 252 - Reminder: 2021 audit report due 31 March
2021 Issues 238 - 251
- Issue 251 - Accessing a rental property during a tenancy
- Issue 250 - Increasing the rent during a tenancy and time to replace smoke alarms
- Issue 249 - Important changes to abandoned goods processes and mould in rental properties
- Issue 248 - Introduction of community titles and CPD reminder
- Issue 247 - A swift deal may result in future pain
- Issue 246 - Residential Rent Relief Grant Scheme extended to 31 December 2021 and Mandatory Conciliation Service ends
- Issue 245 - Licensing reminders: annual fee increases, police check timeframes, and updating your information
- Issue 244 - Limitations on rewards for referrals
- Issue 243 - Update your employment and contact information online
- Issue 242 - How to correctly end a tenancy
- Issue 241 - End of rental moratorium
- Issue 240 - Reminder: audit report due, end of COVID-19 licensing fee discount, and timeframes for national police checks
- Issue 239 - Audit reminder, the rent relief grant, and renting beyond the emergency period
- Issue 238 - Scam prevention and changes to mutual recognition laws
2020 Issues 214 - 237
- Issue 237 - Rent in advance guidelines
- Issue 236 - COVID-19 relief grant will help pay rent debt
- Issue 235 - CPD program - changes and opportunity to gain an elective point
- Issue 234 - Consumer Protection WA webinar - COVID-19 rent laws - Practical advice for property managers
- Issue 233 - Registration and licence qualification changes
- Issue 232 - Licensing fees discounted under COVID-19 economic relief package
- Issue 231 - Spontaneous ceiling collapse
- Issue 230 - Tyre dumping alert
- Issue 229 - Protect your business and clients from scammers
- Issue 228 - Get your property condition reports correct
- Issue 227 - New tenant issues with locked gas meter boxes
- Issue 226 - COVID-19 and section 14 (rent default) notices
- Issue 225 - CPD requirement must be met to avoid infringement
- Issue 224 - COVID-19 and remedial notices
- Issue 223 - COVID-19 and rent relief requests
- Issue 222 - COVID-19 and property access – an update
- Issue 221 - CPD and COVID-19 pandemic: Completing mandatory CPD
- Issue 220 - COVID-19 coronavirus and property access
- Issue 219 - Urgent Reminder - 2019 audit report deadline fast approaching!
- Issue 218 - Fire cladding audit
- Issue 217 - Take urgent action on all shocks and tingles
- Issue 216 - Residential tenancy law reforms
- Issue 215 - Pool Safety
- Issue 214 - Reminder - 2019 audit report deadline approaching!
2019 Issues 189 - 213
- Issue 213 - Changes to the REBA Act from 1 January 2020 – what you need to know
- Issue 212 - How you are impacted by recent changes to the Residential Tenancies Act 1987, changed CPD arrangements and more
- Issue 211 - Update to family domestic violence regulations
- Issue 210 - Scam Alert: Protect your business and clients
- Issue 209 - CPD reminder
- Issue 208 - Uninhabitable tenancies
- Issue 207 - Reminder about Fair Work Ombudsman changes to Commission only employment requirements
- Issue 206 - Big changes to BondsOnline
- Issue 205 - More on trust accounts: Maintaining security
- Issue 204 - Trust account management reminders
- Issue 203 - Clarifying family and domestic violence tenancy law concerns
- Issue 202 - Housing Loan details when lodging bonds, Mortgagee repossessions and Illegal drug activity in homes
- Issue 201 - eCourts Portal - Faster and easier court orders
- Issue 200 - New family and domestic violence tenancy flowcharts & Licence renewals/reminders
- Issue 199 - Family and domestic violence preparedness & HBAA
- Issue 198 - Family and domestic violence insights - Answering "How did the tenancy end?"
- Issue 197 - Real estate sector a prime target for scammers
- Issue 196 - Hot tips and reminders for agents and property managers
- Issue 195 - Foreign transfer duty in effect
- Issue 194 - FDV laws are now in effect
- Issue 193 - Care and feeding of your licence/registration
- Issue 192 - Family violence tenancy laws coming soon
- Issue 191 - Reminder: Audits due end of March
- Issue 190 - Bond Assistance Loan monies must be lodged too!
- Issue 189 - BondsOnline system outage | iRentWA now available in five new languages
2018 Issues 167 - 188
- Issue 188 - Updated trust account handbook
- Issue 187 - Accessing tenanted properties
- Issue 186 - Trust account violations may be costly!
- Issue 185 - Time is running out - have you completed your 2018 CPD points?
- Issue 184 - Cyber security tips for BondsOnline
- Issue 183 - Audit reporting: recap and reminders for next year
- Issue 182 - No place for family violence
- Issue 181 - Real estate agency fined after $220,000 taken from clients
- Issue 180 - Agent fined for unauthorised withdrawal
- Issue 179 - Electrical safety, mould & GST withholding changes
- Issue 178 - Mid-year bumper edition rent-rolls, audit results & more
- Issue 177 - Clarification about CPD training & Cashiers moving to Cannington
- Issue 176 - Ban and fine for real estate agent
- Issue 175 - Get your Property Condition Reports correct
- Issue 174 - Huge damage bills from cannabis grow-houses for WA landlords
- Issue 173 - Late bond lodgements result in $8,000 fine for real estate agency
- Issue 172 - 30 month ban for real estate sales rep over unfair and dishonest conduct
- Issue 171 - BondsOnline temporary outage
- Issue 170 - Temporary BondsOnline disposal survey to assist with legislative review
- Issue 169 - Reminder - Trust account audit period has commenced
- Issue 168 - Smoke alarm exemption for dwellings proposed for demolition
- Issue 167 - Kickstart 2018 by getting your CPD points done early!
2017 Issues 130 - 166
- Issue 166 - Property manager fined after falling victim to a holiday accommodation scam (Vicki Redfern)
- Issue 165 - $21,200 penalty after Perth home sold without co-owner's consent
- Issue 164 - Second conviction for property manager operating without a licence
- Issue 163 - Pool safety and the rental property
- Issue 162 - Renewed warning after another loss from WA property sale scam
- Issue 161 - Life Ban and fine for real estate sales rep over fake home purchase offers
- Issue 160 - Time is running out - have you completed your 2017 CPD points
- Issue 159 - Protecting children in rental properties from toppling furniture
- Issue 158 - Great progress! Reduction in number of late bond lodgements
- Issue 157 - Information on misleading advertising of house and land packages
- Issue 156 - Be on high alert - Scammers target WA property industry
- Issue 155 - Final property inspection
- Issue 154 - Mould and the rental property
- Issue 153 - Trust account breaches result in fine for real estate agent (Harcourts Alliance/Rhonda Massam)
- Issue 152 - Prevent injury to tenants and damage claims - Ceiling collapse warning signs
- Issue 151 - Real estate licence cancelled for failing to complete CPD requirements
- Issue 150 - Legislative changes - Changes that will affect the real estate industry
- Issue 149 - Agent concerns of security of personal data
- Issue 148 - Fine for sales representative over CPD training requirements
- Issue 147 - ATO Changes to the foreign resident capital gains withholding
- Issue 146 - BondOnline update - positive feedback from agents
- Issue 145 - Tenancy protections being considered for boarders and lodgers
- Issue 144 - Ban and fine for property manager stealing tenant's money
- Issue 143 - Real estate agency hacking leads to bogus rental ads
- Issue 142 - Changes to residential smoke alarm standards
- Issue 141 - 15 year ban for real estate agent over bogus sales
- Issue 140 - Scammers attempt to steal $200,000
- Issue 139 - Update to changes to the Sale of Land Act
- Issue 138 - Six month ban and $3000 fine for property manager
- Issue 137 - Punishment for serious misconduct
- Issue 136 - Changes to the Sale of Land Act: What you need to know (replaced with issue 139)
- Issue 135 - Trust account audit deadline
- Issue 134 - Have your say - Auctioneer industry laws under review
- Issue 133 - Commissioner's concern for an increase in late bond lodgements
- Issue 132 - updated training provider details in issue 130.
- Issue 131 - Trust account audit due early 2017
2016 Issues 105 - 130
- Issue 130 - Kick start 2017 by getting your CPD points early! (December 2016)
- Issue 129 - Disclosure requirements: Bushfire prone areas (December 2016)
- Issue 128 - Tougher action planned for late lodgement of bonds (November 2016)
- Issue 127 - Reminder to real estate agents engaging painters and plumbers (November 2016)
- Issue 126 - $25,000 penalty for real estate agency's 'incompetent' conduct (AIM Realty / Aman Deep Singh) (November 2016)
- Issue 125 - Reprimand and fine for agency over trust account violations (Realty Executives / Keith Howes) (November 2016)
- Issue 124 - Agent and son acted ‘deceitfully’ over land sale’s $6m bonanza (The King and I Pty Ltd / Colin King / Paul King) (October 2016)
- Issue 123 - Time is running out to complete your 2016 CPD points (October 2016)
- Issue 122 - New Code of Conduct (October 2016)
- Issue 121 - Attempted theft of $500,000 via cyber-attack on real estate agency (September 2016)
- Issue 120 - State Administrative Tribunal fines two agencies (September 2016)
- Issue 119 - Blind and Curtain Cord Safety (August 2016)
- Issue 118 - WA Businesses targeted in ‘middle man’ scams (August 2016)
- Issue 117 - Consumer Protection licensing and Bonds Administration are moving (July 2016)
- Issue 116 - Tax reforms to affect real estate transactions involving foreign residents (June 2016)
- Issue 115 - Administrative change for drainage plumbing diagrams (June 2016)
- Issue 114 - BondsOnline eTransactions mandatory from 1 September (June 2016)
- Issue 113 - Complaint handling processes to help your agency (May 2016)
- Issue 112 - New code of conduct consultation (April 2016)
- Issue 111 - Minimum security requirements for rental properties (April 2016)
- Issue 110 - CPD reminder for 2016 (April 2016)
- Issue 109 - Agents to transition to BondsOnline eTransactions (March 2016)
- Issue 108 - Trust account audits and the qualified audit program (March 2016)
- Issue 107 - Are your staff fully trained in residential tenancy requirements? (February 2016)
- Issue 106 - First National Real Estate Karratha reprimanded and fined for overcharging clients (February 2016)
- Issue 105 - Residential tenancies update: Changes to Magistrates Court and Australia Post processes (February 2016)
2015 Issues 78 - 104
- Issue 104 - Greek wedding ends in big fat $45,000 scam loss (December 2015)
- Issue 103 - Five year ban for providing false information (Gary Douglas) (December 2015)
- Issue 102 - Proactive compliance visits identify common issues (December 2015)
- Issue 101 - Conflicts of interest in real estate transactions (November 2015)
- Issue 100 - Lessor fined for residential tenancy breaches (November 2015)
- Issue 99 - Real estate agent fined for late deposit of rent cash (Chukwudi Nnamdi Ejindu / Black Swan Real Estate) (October 2015)
- Issue 98 - Do you know your advertising requirements? (October 2015)
- Issue 97 - Watch out for unlicensed tradespeople (October 2015)
- Issue 96 - Rewards for referrals (October 2015)
- Issue 95 - Suspension and fine for agent over trust account misuse (Christopher Fyson / Vasad Pty Ltd) (September 2015)
- Issue 94 - Agent and sales representative fined for not disclosing information (Harcourts Mandurah / Craig Timmens) (September 2015)
- Issue 93 - Agent helps to thwart a potential scam (September 2015)
- Issue 92 - Amendments to the Residential Tenancies Regulations (August 2015)
- Issue 91 - Property Interest Reports contain more information (August 2015)
- Issue 90 - Seasonal maintenance at rental properties (June 2015)
- Issue 89 - Trust account vigilance needed (June 2015)
- Issue 88 - Accessing a tenanted property for inspections (May 2015)
- Issue 87 - Warning against providing false or misleading information (May 2015)
- Issue 86 - E-Conveyancing is coming to Western Australia (May 2015)
- Issue 85 - Ban and fine for real estate agent over trust account misuse (Tracey Leanne Wilson) (April 2015)
- Issue 84 - Permanent ban and $20,000 fine for raiding trust account (Jenelle Maslin) (April 2015)
- Issue 83 - Disclosure of material facts to buyers and tenants (March 2015)
- Issue 82 - Key date reminders relating to information for tenant forms, bond forms, and annual audits (March 2015)
- Issue 81 - Fines for real estate agent and unregistered sales representative (March 2015)
- Issue 80 - Residential tenancy security bonds and the Bond Administrator (February 2015)
- Issue 79 - Amendments to the information for tenant forms 1AC and 1AD (January 2015)
- Issue 78 - Auditing reminders for agents and auditors (January 2015)
2014 Issues 63 - 77
- Issue 77 - Fines over unregistered sales representatives (December 2014)
- Issue 76 - Five year ban and fine for property manager (November 2014)
- Issue 75 - Home Buyers Assistance Account (November 2014)
- Issue 74 - iRent WA (October 2014)
- Issue 73 - CPD reminder (October 2014)
- Issue 72 - The Department of Commerce is moving (September 2014)
- Issue 71 - Real estate agency and property manager fined (September 2014)
- Issue 70 - Infinity brand cable safety recall (August 2014)
- Issue 69 - Real estate sales representative fined $3,500 for misconduct (August 2014)
- Issue 68 - ASIC Business Names Registration (August 2014)
- Issue 67 - Australia Post delivery changes (August 2014)
- Issue 66 - Agent restrained from operating and supervisors appointed (August 2014)
- Issue 65 - Agent alert issued following real estate fraud in ACT (July 2014)
- Issue 64 - Three arrested over another real estate fraud attempt (July 2014)
- Issue 63 - Agents restrained from operating and supervisors appointed (July 2014)
2011 - 2014 Issues 1 - 62
- Archive issues 1 - 62 (June 2011 - June 2014)
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Last updated 02 Oct 2024
First published 28 Aug 2014
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