Tech
The tools and rules changing how property is bought and sold.
New South Wales without paper title deeds: what replaced the certificate
Since 11 October 2021 a certificate of title has no legal effect in New South Wales. What owners and lenders hold instead, how ownership is proved, and what a lost certificate means.
New South Wales property data tools: what each official one shows
Land values, published sales, title searches and planning maps in New South Wales sit in four official systems. Who runs each one, what it shows, what it costs and where it stops.
New South Wales rental ads and renter data: the 2026 Act explained
New South Wales has an Act on what agents may collect from rental applicants and on labelling altered or generated photos in adverts. What it says, and why most of it is not yet in force.
New South Wales Strata Hub: what schemes report, fees and penalties
How the New South Wales Strata Hub works: the twenty items a strata scheme reports each year, the three-month deadline, the A$3 per lot fee, who sees what, and the fines.
Complaining about a property agent in Singapore: what CEA does next
How Singapore's Council for Estate Agencies handles a complaint: lodging it, the investigation, censure, the Disciplinary Committee, appeals, and the scheme for money disputes.
Signing and stamping Singapore property papers: what can go digital
Which matters Singapore's Electronic Transactions Act keeps out, how Sign with Singpass works, the 14-day stamp duty clock, and how law firms lodge land instruments electronically.
Singapore's official property tools: what HDB, URA and CEA put online
A guide to the property tools Singapore's public bodies run themselves: HDB's flat portal and resale price files, URA's transaction searches and map portal, and CEA's register.
Cheques, FAST and CPF: how a Singapore home purchase is paid
What official pages name as the instrument for each sum in a Singapore flat purchase, the S$200,000 ceiling on FAST, and the end of corporate cheques set for 31 December 2026.
Singapore agency AI tools: what ERA and PropNex have announced
What two of Singapore's largest agency groups say their AI tools do, the dates and usage figures they give, what they say about data and accuracy, and what stays undisclosed.
Singapore property agents and AI: what the data and advert rules ask
Singapore has no single AI rulebook for property agencies. A guide to what the data protection guidelines, the Do Not Call rules and the advertising guidelines say when a tool is used.
Singapore property cooling measures: the rounds from 2009 to 2026
A dated timeline of Singapore's cooling measures since 2009: what each round changed, who announces them, the stated aims, what prices did next and what was eased.
Singapore property portals: who owns them and what agents pay
Who owns Singapore's main property portals, what PropertyGuru's published package grid charges agents, and what CEA's advertising rules ask of every online listing, as read in October 2026.
Singapore reviews officers' home purchases near future MRT stations
Singapore's Public Service Division has reviewed 191 officers' property purchases near future MRT stations. The minister's reply of 6 October sets out the rules that guard planning information.
Singapore property tokens: when securities law applies, and what follows
How Singapore's Securities and Futures Act treats a token tied to real estate, what the prospectus exemptions allow, and why the foreign ownership limits still apply.
Singapore land records online: what SLA's INLIS and OneMap show
What the Singapore Land Authority's INLIS, MyProperty, OneMap and Land Titles Registry counter each give, what the fee schedule charges for a search, and where the published pages stop.
How real estate is tokenised in Singapore: platforms, tickets and exits
Who has put property behind tokens in Singapore, what each platform says it is licensed for, the minimum tickets quoted, who may invest and how holders are told they can sell.
Tasmania's Residential Parks Act 2026 is in force: the notice periods
Tasmania's Residential Parks Act 2026 is now in force. Site agreements must be in writing, rent rises need 60 days' notice and deposits are capped at four weeks' rent.
Remote online notarisation in Texas and Florida: the rules compared
How Texas and Florida each commission online notaries, check a signer's identity, keep the recording, cap the fee, and treat a deed that was notarised over a video link.
Electronic signatures and UAE Pass in UAE property dealings: the rules
What the UAE's Federal Decree-Law 46 of 2021 says about electronic signatures and digital identity, and where Dubai Land Department service pages name UAE Pass.
US tax rules when real estate is paid for in digital assets
How the IRS treats digital assets used to buy or sell US real estate: property rules, basis, the Form 1040 question, and the 2026 changes to Forms 1099-S and 1099-DA.