Real Estate Body Shoots Down Calls for Public ‘Landlord Register’

The Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) has criticised a proposal to create a “landlord register” that will tell the public how many properties an owner may have and their place of residence.
The proposal, put forward by Tenants Queensland, argues that such a system would balance out a supposed imbalance of power between landlords and tenants and keep “rogue landlords honest.”
“When renters are trying to secure a property, they provide a whole lot of information about themselves, usually to a real estate agent, sometimes before they even see a property. But [the renter] knows little if anything about the landlord,” said Penny Carr, the CEO of Tenants Queensland, in comments obtained by The Guardian….