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Australia: New approach to rezoning in NSW and implications for industryReleased late last year, the NSW Government discussion paper ‘A new approach to rezonings’ (Discussion Paper) makes the case for a large-scale transformation of the process for rezoning land in NSW. The overall aim is to reduce current timeframes for amendments to Local Environmental Plans (LEPs... |
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Corrs Chambers Westgarth
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Date
14 Mar 2022 |
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Croatia: Real Estate Investment Trends in CroatiaNotwithstanding the weakened economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Croatia’s high-end residential market seems to be on the rise, in particular when it comes to foreign investments. Traditionally, most foreign investors in Croatia are Germans, Russians, Austrians, Slovenians, Czec... |
Author
LANSKY, GANZGER + partner
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Date
04 Mar 2022 |
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Canada: What Happens When a Party to a Contract Involving Real Estate Dies?What happens when an individual buyer or seller dies prior to the completion of a transaction involving real estate? This blog post discusses the complications that can arise in real estate transactions where there is a piece of land under contract and the individual seller or buyer dies prior to th... |
Author
Lawson Lundell LLP
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Date
17 Jan 2022 |
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Australia: Is a Mortgagee’s 60% default interest rate just a collateral advantage? Or is it unfair and unconscionable?Mortgagees should not only consider the content of a mortgage term, but the effect of its operation. If the effect of the mortgage terms could be seen to operate unfairly or unconscionably to a mortgagor, as discussed in the recent decision of the New South Wales Supreme Court in First Mortgage Cap... |
Author
Gadens
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Date
13 Jan 2022 |
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Canada: Commercial Leasing Bulletin: Lessons for LandlordsIn most commercial leases, a tenant’s option to extend or renew the lease is generally subject to the tenant’s satisfaction of a common set of conditions. At a minimum, landlords typically want to keep tenants with a history of default from having the right to extend the lease. A recent case pro... |
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Minden Gross LLP
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Date
15 Dec 2021 |
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Australia: A Guide To Understanding Land Tax: Part 7 - Primary Production ExemptionThis is part 7 of our Land Tax Series which aims to deconstruct the various aspects of the complex land tax legislation. To recap: land tax is a state and territory tax levied on the total taxable value of land held by taxpayers in particular jurisdictions. Land tax is assessed on a calendar yea... |
Author
Sladen Legal
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Date
10 Dec 2021 |
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Austria: Supreme Court (OGH) confirms: Entry ban in lockdown entitles to rent exemptionCOVID-19 is an epidemic that leads to the applicability of § 1104 ABGB (rent exemption in connection with inadvertent unusability) in case of pandemic-related entry bans. This has now also been confirmed by the OGH in its decision on 3 Ob 78/21y. However, it is still unclear whether all sectors aff... |
Author
Benn-Ibler Rechtsanwaite
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Date
30 Nov 2021 |
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Australia: Eight new zones – new risk of downzoning, new opportunity for upzoningThe NSW Government has finalised its ‘employment zones reform’. Developers, landowners and planners will now have to grapple with eight new zones. The transition to the new regime will create risks of downzoning and opportunities for upzoning. The definitions of some key development types are al... |
Author
Mills Oakley
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Date
15 Nov 2021 |