Buy & Sell
Buying, selling and investing in Queensland, step by step.
Valuers say investors have stepped back from Queensland's sale market
A CBRE survey of 169 valuers finds 56 per cent report soft demand, with first home buyers the main buyers nationally but least active in Brisbane. What that means for sellers.
Brisbane sellers concede 4.2 per cent off asking, Cotality chart pack shows
Cotality's September chart pack puts Brisbane's median vendor discount at 4.2 per cent, up from 2.8 per cent, and the city's price falls are spread across every price bracket.
Stacking the grant, duty relief and a 5% deposit on one Queensland home
Queensland's $30,000 grant, its first home duty concessions and the federal 5% Deposit Scheme can meet in a single purchase. Where they overlap, where each stops, with worked examples.
Queensland accounts for 37 per cent of investor sales in PIPA survey
PIPA's 2026 survey of 626 investors finds more than a third of those who sold in the past year sold in Queensland, even as they rate the state second for investing.
Queensland ranks second least affordable for home loans, REIA finds
The REIA's June quarter report puts Queensland loan repayments at 54.4 per cent of median family income, behind only New South Wales, as higher rates cancel out softer prices.
Smoke alarm rules a Queensland seller must meet before settlement
A home sold in Queensland must have interconnected photoelectric smoke alarms in every bedroom, hallway and storey before it transfers. The standard, the Form 24 and the 0.15% rule.
Titles Queensland shuts its Brisbane counter as paperwork moves online
Public access to the Titles Queensland office in Brisbane ended on 7 September 2026. Owners updating a title before a sale now lodge online or by post.
A median-income Queensland household can afford 9 per cent of homes
REA Group's affordability index for 2025-26 puts Queensland at a record low: 9 per cent of homes sold were within reach of a typical income, down from 15 per cent a year earlier.
Vendor discounts hit a three-year high and valuers warn of unsold homes
Herron Todd White puts the typical vendor discount at 4 per cent in July, the widest since May 2023, and names Brisbane among the markets where it has grown the most.
Caveats in Queensland: protecting an interest in land before settlement
What a caveat does on a Queensland title, who may lodge one, why it lapses after three months or 14 days, how it is removed, and what an unjustified caveat can cost.
First Home Super Saver Scheme: using super for a Queensland deposit
The First Home Super Saver scheme lets a first buyer save part of a deposit inside super and withdraw it through the ATO. The caps, the tax, the steps and the traps.
Short-stay letting in Queensland: what councils and bodies corporate allow
Queensland has no statewide short-stay permit. Whether a home can be let by the night depends on the council, the planning scheme and, in a unit, the body corporate.
Buying acreage in Queensland: the extra checks beyond the house
A few hectares bring vegetation maps, bores, tanks, registers of past land use and biosecurity zones that a suburban buyer never meets. What to search before signing, and where.
Brisbane owners hold back new listings as spring approaches
Cotality counts almost 5 per cent fewer new Brisbane listings than usual in the four weeks to 23 August, while the stock already for sale sits 16 per cent above average.
Signing a Queensland property contract electronically: what the law accepts
A Queensland sale contract can be signed on a phone. Which Acts make that valid, what counts as a signature, how consent and timing work, and where paper rules remain.
Reading a Queensland title search: owners, mortgages, easements, covenants
A current title search from Titles Queensland costs under $30 and shows who owns a property and what is registered against it. Here is how to read one, and what it leaves out.
Buying a first home with a family guarantee: how it works, what it risks
A family guarantee lets a parent's home stand in for the deposit a first buyer has not saved. How the security works, what the guarantor is promising and how it fits Queensland's schemes.
Build-to-rent exemption in gearing draft is too narrow, industry says
The Property Council's submission on the draft negative gearing rules, lodged 21 August, asks for a wider build-to-rent exemption and a 36-month window for new homes.
Vacant possession or tenant in place: how a Queensland contract works
A Queensland contract promises vacant possession unless a tenancy is written in. How the schedule, the settlement documents, rent, bond and the rent warranty fit together.
Minimum housing standards: what a Queensland rental owner must provide
Every Queensland rental has had to meet minimum housing standards since September 2024. What the standards require of an owner, and what follows when a home falls short.