REINSW - Sydney’s vacancy rate shows positivity for areas hit hardest by pandemic
The REINSW Vacancy Rate Survey results for May 2021 signals some signs of recovery for a market hit hardest by international border closures, with fewer empty properties since the start of lockdown last year.
REINSW call for a dedicated NSW Property Services Commissioner
For the past 10 years, REINSW has relentlessly lobbied Government to remove the real estate Industry from NSW Fair Trading and establish a dedicated Property Services Commissioner.
REINSW calls on Fair Trading to unlock jobs-in-waiting
There are hundreds of would-be workers in the NSW real estate industry forcibly unemployed due to NSW Fair Trading bureaucratic inefficiencies, says the Real Estate Institute of NSW (REINSW).
New real estate industry standards being implemented from 1 July have been developed by REINSW and NSW Fair Trading, and will be explained at the 2018 Roadshow.
NSW windows must be fitted with safety devices by 13 March: Fair Trading
From 13 March 2018, in New South Wales it will be required that openable windows 2 metres or more above ground outside and less than 1.7 metres above the floor inside must be fitted with safety devices.
One in five NSW agents not meeting professional development standards
A random audit by NSW Fair Trading of 314 people working in the real estate industry found that 68 individuals had not completed their mandatory Continuing Professional Development training.
REINSW is teaming with NSW Fair Trading and Strata Communities Australia to offer training on new strata laws, which are due to come into effect in NSW on 30 November 2016.
The NSW Fair Trading Complaints Register will list businesses under their ‘trading’ or ‘brand’ name meaning franchises will be grouped together, instead of as the individual businesses they are, says REINSW.
