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Mascot Towers owners facing a $10m special levy for first phase repairs bit.ly/33flajx

Owners of apartments in Sydney's Opal Tower suing Sydney Olympic Park Authority in class-action ab.co/2OBceBA

Very much a case of 'caveat emptor' when purchasing property in mixed use developments bit.ly/2Y0dUEo

It's either habitable or it isn't, surely? Perhaps greater scrutiny is required prior to issue of interim occupation certificates. . . . should they be permissible at all? bit.ly/2OeJHSe

Apartment in building next to Alexandria's 'ghost town' development goes for $200k above reserve bit.ly/2xYVcSP

Human effluent rising through floor sumps and bathroom drains due to plumbing defects - add this apartment block to the ever growing list bit.ly/2K3ltoF

It seems a case of bad to worse for owners of defect-stricken Zetland apartments bit.ly/2XPQGRc

This is a seismic shift - Victoria state govt to pay for the cladding repairs? bit.ly/2xQHTnA

Dublin housing squeeze - a result of "the Celtic Phoenix" or Brexit or all of the above bit.ly/30yIzdB

May be a case of a little too little, too late for Opal Tower bit.ly/2YfCCBB

Demand for apartments in older blocks will increase following the recent, much publicised defect problems in modern developments. Nothing new in this, just more people finally seeing the light. bit.ly/2Xybh0q

The next in line in Mascot - 150m from Mascot Towers dailym.ai/2FxZQvr

If research is correct and 85% of new apartment complexes have defects on completion, perhaps it's best to buy into an older development. . . . bit.ly/2Rp8p0b

More on the woes of Mascot Towers (and elsewhere???). smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydn…

It seems an apartment owner's worst nightmare is a reality at Mascot Towers ab.co/2XfSqHf

Residents evacuated from a building in Mascot after 'identifiable movements in the basement area'. How many more? bit.ly/31xqON5

Fire risk cladding testing optional for all but 7 of approx 340 buildings in central­ Sydney that have been identified as having cladding that poses a potential fire risk. bit.ly/318X7le

A year down the track and the NSW government is still to deliver on its promise to regulate AirBnB. A little too hard perhaps? We shall see . . . . . bit.ly/2ZaOC7E

114,000 apartments built in Sydney in the past five years and another 190,000 dwellings forecast in the next five years. Are regulators keeping up? bit.ly/2wcbreB

Defamation via email - woman found guilty of defamation following a strata dispute involving an unlocked mailbox. A lesson in caution for those tempted to use email as a tool to 'get even'. bit.ly/2WXxq4L