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How to Tell if Reviews are Fake: Spot Fake from Real Reviews

Fake reviews are a blight upon the online community because not only are they misleading, they’re also everywhere. Approximately 8 in 10 consumers believe that they may have read a fake review in the past year, with the same number saying they’re not sure they know how to spot a fake review. More…

Negative gearing isn’t the problem – it’s NIMBYs like me

This nation has been strangling the future of younger Australians for decades. Our housing policies are perhaps the single worst example of that – we do dumb things, and those decades of dumb things can’t be fixed fast. More…

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus revolutionises user experience with 70+ powerful plugins

OpenAI has unleashed a suite of more than 70 third-party plugins for its ChatGPT Plus users to visualise and analyse data, parse website content, ask PDFs questions, help them house hunt and even assist them to learn foreign languages. More…

REIWA welcomes build-to-rent tax concessions

REIWA CEO Cath Hart has welcomed new legislation providing a 50 per cent land tax exemption over 20 years for eligible build-to-rent projects. More…

Elon Musk frustrated with OpenAI

 

 

 

 

AirBnb creating regional housing crisis

REIA CEO Anna Neelagama spoke at national press conference on housing crisis facing regional Australia. More…

NSW Gov to axe stamp duty reforms

The Minns government moved last week to abolish the Coalition's first home buyer land tax choice and replace it with increased stamp duty exemptions. More…

Foreign buyers are back

According to John McGrath, we may see international buyers increasingly active in our property market over the next few years as the world gets back to normal after COVID-19. More…