Ten reasons to invest in marketing in 2022
Uncertainty. Apprehension. Exhaustion. These are the three words that keep rearing their head when anyone mentions small business sentiment as we enter our third year of managing a business through a pandemic. When making decisions…
Grow your conveyancing business: 2021 wrap-up shows hot suburbs
Considering the COVID-19 pandemic, property purchasing trends have changed dramatically in the last two years. Areas that were most popular prior to the pandemic have lost popularity, and other previously less desired areas are in more…
Changes to Verification of Identity requirements
The Australian government is mandating additional requirements when verifying the identity of new clients to reduce the risk of identity fraud. These changes are required when checking your client’s identity records against the Document Verification…
Maximise your opportunity in 2022 with both choice and convenience
Technology has provided countless benefits to the way we work and live, but if you were to summarise its greatest benefits, you could probably say it in two words: choice and convenience. In legal and…
Debunking the complexities of caveats
This is the third part of the SettleIT education series supporting practitioners to navigate the e-settlements and e-conveyancing landscape. See part one and part two. This article does not constitute legal advice. It is for general information purposes only. Caveats…
New Smoke Alarm Legislation for Queensland properties
Is your client selling a property in QLD in 2022? From January 1, 2022 all properties sold will require compliant smoke alarms to be installed prior to the settlement of the property. From 1 January…
The Australian Capital Territory introduces online property settlements
Just in time for the holidays, the ACT has become the most recent Australian jurisdiction to introduce online property settlements. This follows the approval of digital settlement legislation by the Territory government back in 2020.…
How to make property matters easier when your firm doesn’t specialise in property law
For many practitioners who run general practice law firms, settlements and lodgments can form a large component of the workload. If this is you, and you don’t specialise in property law, you need help transitioning to electronic settlements, or you would like tailored support…
Remote document witnessing becomes permanent for some states
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the NSW government passed signing regulations allowing witnessing and attestation of documents to take place via video. The changes were implemented until September 2020 and were extended on a few…
How technology can ease the race to the holidays
The holiday season doesn’t stop for looming deadlines – in fact, it can add even greater pressure on them. Clearing the back log before December 24, can be the difference between progressing a client’s service…
