Minsol Group Blogs

Source: AVAA Australia’s auctioneers and valuers are facing increasing regulatory scrutiny as digital platforms, artificial intelligence and online marketplaces rapidly reshape the way auctions and valuation services operate. In a major speech to the sector at the AVC26 Conference on 7 May 2026, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Deputy Chair, Mick Keogh, delivered a detailed warning about the growing compliance risks affecting auctioneers, valuers and online as...

Source: AVAA Acting as an expert witness valuer in Australian courts involves applying specialised valuation expertise to assist the court in resolving complex questions of value that arise in litigation and dispute resolution. Engagement typically occurs through solicitors or barristers acting for a party, although instructions may also come from insurers, insolvency practitioners, accountants, or, in appropriate cases, by direct appointment of the court itself. An expert witness may be re...

Source: Ray White via Linkedin The economic fallout from the Middle East will not be evenly distributed across the global economy. Countries heavily reliant on imported energy,particularly across Europe and Asia, face the greatest risk as oil and gas prices rise. Australia sits in a more complex position. As a major exporter of LNG and coal, higher energy prices can lift national income and government revenues. But Australia also imports most of the fuel used domestically, meaning global en...

Source: IRWA In today’s right of way environment, negotiations increasingly cross cultural, social and organizational boundaries. Whether working with Indigenous communities, international infrastructure partners, immigrant business owners, rural landowners or urban stakeholders, right of way professionals are often navigating far more than property rights and compensation — they are navigating culture. Yet cross-cultural negotiation is not about memoriz...

Source: IRWA A proximity study of rural residential properties along busy highways in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, was performed in February 2020∗ to assist in the valuation of the potential for severance damages to the home improvement value as a result of fee acquisitions for a road project which resulted in numerous parcels having a decreased distance to the right of way line (ROW). The Wisconsin Department of Transportation project was located along a busy state highway. Per...