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What Great Body Corporate Management Actually Looks Like
What Great Body Corporate Management Actually Looks Like

Most owners only think about their body corporate manager when something goes wrong a late levy notice, an unanswered maintenance request, an AGM that felt disorganised or rushed. That’s usually a sign the bar has been set too low for too long. Good body corporate management shouldn’t be something you notice because it’s failing. It should be something you barely have to think about, because it’s working. Here’s what that actually looks like

Rising Construction Costs Are Reshaping Body Corporate Budgets: What Owners Need to Know
Rising Construction Costs Are Reshaping Body Corporate Budgets: What Owners Need to Know

Every body corporate committee has felt it in the last two years: quotes for repairs, capital works and insurance renewals coming back higher than expected, sometimes dramatically so. It’s not your imagination, and it’s not poor budgeting; it’s a genuine, sustained shift in the cost of maintaining a building. Why costs have climbed A few forces are compounding at once across South East Queensland: What this means for levies and sinking funds The practic

Brisbane’s Rental Crisis Isn’t Easing. Here’s What It Means for Owners and Body Corporates
Brisbane’s Rental Crisis Isn’t Easing. Here’s What It Means for Owners and Body Corporates

If you own an investment property in a Brisbane body corporate scheme, you don’t need a headline to tell you the rental market is tight. You’re living it every time a listing gets a dozen applications in the first 24 hours. But the data backs up what owners are feeling on the ground, and it points to a rental market that’s going to stay under pressure for some time yet. The numbers behind the squeeze Brisbane’s vacancy rate has been sitting at aro