Blog - Pearson Chambers Conveyancing

You have an offer on your home in Brunswick, or you are about to list an investment unit in Southbank. The agent starts chasing you for an 'ATO clearance certificate'. If you are thinking, what is an ATO clearance certificate and why does it matter, you are not alone.An ATO clearance certi... Read More

Buying or selling in Melbourne can feel like trying to board a packed CBD tram with two bags and a coffee. Everyone says "it's simple" until you are juggling conditions, deadlines and acronyms. The good news is that Victorian contracts follow a fairly standard structure. Learn the core clauses, s... Read More

Buying or selling a home in Melbourne can feel like a sprint at the end of a marathon. You've sifted through listings, queued at inspections, navigated finance and finally exchanged contracts. Then everyone asks the same question, sometimes in a whisper on the tram heading back to the CBD: 'So, h... Read More

If you're staring at a contract and wondering whether your '30 day settlement' runs across Saturdays and Sundays, you're not alone. Short answer: in Victoria it usually does. In most contracts the 30 days are counted as calendar days. Weekends are included in the count.... Read More

If you are buying or selling in Melbourne, at some point your conveyancer will send you a pexa client authorisation form. It looks simple enough, yet it is one of the most important bits of paperwork in the whole process. When you sign it, you are giving your representative permission to sign doc... Read More