The Daily Dose #269 | Tuesday Headlines. Sales Regulation, Gympie Moving, Protecting Your Finish, and the Hard Budget Conversation

This week on Tuesday Headlines, powered by MyConstruct, Az covers four stories that matter for Australian builders right now.First up, Emily Pollard of Nesta Builder Brokers is raising the alarm on something the industry has been ignoring. The people selling new homes to Australians, builder brokers, new home sales consultants, channel partners, are completely unregulated. No licence. No ethics board. No oversight of any kind. And every builder absorbing the cost of a failed prelim or a misled client is paying the price for it. Go back and listen to Monday's episode with Emily if you haven't already.Next, a good news story out of regional Queensland. Sunshine Coast developer RM Capital settled a 19.8 hectare parcel in Gympie for $13.5 million and started construction the very next morning. 29 lots underway. 24 already pre-sold. This is what a professional development operation looks like, and it signals real pipeline opportunity for builders who have the right relationships in place.Third, why the last 5 per cent of a build is where reputations are won or lost. Surface damage at handover costs more than most builders realise, and it is almost entirely preventable. The Goop Guys team breaks down what protecting your finish actually looks like and why it matters for every referral that follows.And fourth, with costs still moving and the market where it is right now, a practical framework for having the over-budget conversation with clients. How to do it early, how to do it honestly, and how to come out of it with the relationship intact.Plus a Public Service Announcement the industry needs to hear. Builders and estimators have been calling in. Do not use the conflict in Iran as your excuse to raise prices before your costs have actually moved.This episode is powered by MyConstruct. Head to myconstruct.com and get your 30-day FREE trial. Also supported by Pay.com.au, use promo code GOOD20 for 20,000 bonus points. Head to pay.com.au/tgb for terms and conditions.