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We're starting to see some impact from the COVID-19 on property markets, due to a drop in consumer confidence and weaker economic conditions.

The Victorian government will extend tax relief to landlords in exchange for a reduction in small business rents during COVID-19.

Given they’ve closed through no fault of their own, do the businesses temporarily shut down due to the COVID-19 lockdown have to pay rent?

The federal government has outlined a mandatory code of conduct that will force commercial landlords to grant rent concessions to small and medium businesses.

Businesses on the economic frontline — those shut or soon to be shut down by the public health restrictions — need immediate rent relief.

Rent waivers targeted at small businesses will be locked behind the JobKeeper program as the Morrison government seeks to pass the program into law.

The government's efforts to make landlords the whipping boy could backfire massively: think bankruptcies and a massive property price collapse.

But the key to negotiating with commercial landlords is not confrontation, but understanding... even if it’s just understanding that some people are greedy.

Australians are living through one of the most significant economic upheavals in our history. How will COVID-19 affect our property markets?

Business owner Ian Whitworth argues we need legislation to ban rents for COVID-19-affected businesses.

What will the coronavirus panic do to our property markets? Are they going to crash like the stock market has? Is Australia headed for a recession?

Real estate agents are starting to cheer about the increase in property prices, but business owners looking to banks for loans have little to cheer about.