Blog - Pearson Chambers Conveyancing

If you are house hunting around Melbourne or sketching plans for a renovation, two quiet notes on the title can shape everything you do. Easements and covenants do not make much noise. They sit on the plan and in the documents, then jump into the spotlight the moment you try to put a pool where a... Read More

You asked the classic question buyers and co-owners in Melbourne often face: can a joint tenant force the sale of a property. In everyday terms, joint tenancy means two or more people own the whole property together with an equal interest, and if one dies the survivor takes the lot through the ri... Read More

If you are getting ready to sell in Melbourne, you will hear agents and conveyancers talk about the Section 32. It comes up at every open for inspection, it sits on the agent's trestle table next to the contract, and buyers ask for it before they make an offer. So, can you actually sell without i... Read More

Buying a home in Melbourne should feel exciting, not like a never ending admin slog. Yet the moment you decide to buy and the moment both parties sign a binding contract are rarely the same day. In Victoria, the deal is not done until the buyer and seller have both signed the contract of sale, wh... Read More

Short answer: A clearance certificate application is the process a property seller uses to ask the Australian Taxation Office to confirm they are an Australian resident for tax purposes. The certificate proves residency to the buyer and stops foreign resident capital gains w... Read More