Buy & Sell
Buying, selling and investing in Queensland, step by step.
Logan votes to shrink its flood overlay by more than half
Logan City Council has endorsed removing its most extreme flood scenario from planning maps, a change expected to take 56.8 per cent of properties out of the overlay in early 2027.
Brisbane buyers get more room to negotiate as homes take 35 days to sell
Brisbane sales are down 27.2 per cent on a year ago and the median vendor discount has widened to 4.2 per cent, yet Westpac's survey finds Queensland buyers gloomier than most.
20,125 Queensland first buyers used the 5% Deposit Scheme in a year
Federal figures for the first year of the expanded 5% Deposit Scheme count 102,594 first home buyers, a fifth of them in Queensland, as lenders report borrowing limits biting.
Buying a Queensland home from interstate or overseas: what differs
Queensland contracts, cooling-off, conveyancing and clocks all have local quirks, and foreign buyers face a federal ban on established homes until 30 June 2029. A step-by-step guide.
Lenders mortgage insurance, and how a guarantee replaces it
Mortgage insurance is the premium a buyer pays to protect the bank when the deposit is under 20 per cent. What it costs, why a guarantee removes it, and the Queensland routes around it.
Queensland holds a third of Australia's distressed listings, SQM says
SQM Research counts 1,655 distressed listings in Queensland in September, up 47.5 per cent in a year, as Brisbane's total stock for sale climbs 43.5 per cent above last spring.
Building regulator maps Queensland's defect hotspots, region by region
The QBCC says roof cladding and wet areas lead its list of structural defects statewide, with pools and retaining walls on the Gold Coast. What buyers of newer homes can take from it.
Standard sale contract reissued so buyers can copy authority records
From 1 October 2026 the REIQ and Queensland Law Society contract carries a reworded clause 7.11, confirming a buyer may obtain copies of documents authorities hold.
Boost to Buy places run out in South East Queensland, regions stay open
Queensland Treasury's Boost to Buy pages, updated on 30 September, say South East Queensland allocations are exhausted while places for regional first buyers remain available.
Own name, company or trust: how a Queensland rental can be held
The name on the title decides how rental losses, capital gains and Queensland land tax are treated. A plain comparison of individuals, companies, trusts and super funds.
First-buyer applications down 22.6% in Queensland as rates rise again
Equifax data shows Queensland's first home buyer mortgage demand fell 22.6 per cent in August. On 29 September the Reserve Bank lifted the cash rate to 4.60 per cent.
Brisbane's for-sale stock is 70 per cent above this year's low
Two analyses a week apart show Brisbane sellers still listing while Sydney's retreat: stock nearly 70 per cent above its 2026 low and sales taking about two weeks longer.
Foreign buyers of Queensland homes: approval, duty and land tax surcharge
A foreign buyer of a Queensland home faces three separate regimes: federal approval, an extra 8 per cent duty and a 3 per cent land tax surcharge. How each one works.
The body corporate certificate: what a Queensland unit buyer is told
Who issues the body corporate certificate, how fast, at what fee, what it must show before a Queensland unit contract is signed, and what follows if it is late or wrong.
Help to Buy: the federal shared equity scheme and its Queensland caps
The Australian Government's Help to Buy scheme pays up to 40 per cent of a first home's price in return for a share of it. The rules, the income limits and Queensland's price caps.
Bank figures put investors at 35.6 per cent of new home loans in June
APRA's June quarter figures put investors at more than a third of new home lending by banks, even as Queensland investor loan numbers fell 10.1 per cent.
Interstate arrivals to Queensland slow to 14,718 in the year to March
ABS figures released on 17 September show Queensland still gains more people from other states than anywhere else, but the net inflow is down 39 per cent in a year.
June quarter resales: Brisbane's median gain stalls at $525,000
Cotality's Pain & Gain report for the June quarter puts the median gain on a Brisbane resale at $525,000, even as the national share of profitable sales slips to 95.4 per cent.
Buying or selling a Queensland home 'as is': what the contract still says
'As is' appears in Queensland listings, not in the standard contract. What the phrase can change, which seller promises and buyer rights survive it, and how it is written in.
First home buyers in regional Queensland: caps, places and a State loan
Outside the south-east corner the federal price caps drop to $700,000, half of Boost to Buy's places are reserved, and a State home loan has a higher income limit until 31 October.