Buy & Sell
Buying, selling and investing in Queensland, step by step.
Who is buying Queensland homes? NAB survey counts owner-occupiers first
NAB's June quarter survey of property professionals finds owner-occupiers behind more than half of established home sales in Queensland, with price still the main hurdle and foreign buyers at 1.9%.
Brisbane open homes draw 59 per cent fewer visitors than a year ago
Ray White's count of people through its open homes shows Brisbane with the sharpest fall of any capital, at about two visitors an inspection, though the slide has steadied since mid-June.
Building a first home in Queensland: land, grant and progress payments
Buying a block and building is two contracts, one loan paid in stages and four deadlines. How the $30,000 grant, the land duty concession and Queensland's builder payment rules fit together.
Special conditions in Queensland contracts: subject to sale, due diligence
Special conditions are where a standard Queensland contract becomes one particular deal. How subject-to-sale, due diligence and other added clauses work, and what each needs to say.
Investors turn to new builds and yield as 10 August deadline nears
Three weeks after the tax changes became law, investors are shifting toward new estates and higher-yield property, and super funds have until 10 August to borrow for housing.
Foreign buyers and non-resident landlords: what federal figures show
Tax data reported this week puts non-resident landlords' rental losses at $473 million, and Treasury has opened a review of approval conditions. The numbers, and Queensland's extra duty.
Preparing the seller disclosure statement: what a Queensland seller gathers
Form 2 comes with a bundle of certificates behind it. Which documents a Queensland seller collects, where each comes from, and why accuracy at handover matters.
When a buyer or seller defaults on a Queensland contract: the remedies
What counts as default under the standard Queensland contract, the choice to affirm or terminate, and what each side can then claim: deposit, resale loss, interest and costs.
Queensland buyers are gloomier than those in states where prices fall
July's Westpac-Melbourne Institute survey puts Queensland's time-to-buy reading at 82, below New South Wales and Victoria, as fewer than half of Australians expect prices to rise.
The 5% Deposit Scheme in Queensland: price caps, rules and how to apply
How the Australian Government's 5% Deposit Scheme works for Queensland first buyers: the $1 million and $700,000 price caps, who is eligible and what it costs.
Palm Island rent-to-buy scheme opens to its first ten households
Applications opened on 13 July for a Queensland rent-to-buy scheme on Palm Island, where 1.4 per cent of residents own their home. Rent-level payments lead to a 99-year lease.
Gross and net rental yield: how Queensland investors measure a return
Yield is the first number quoted for any investment property and the easiest to misread. How gross and net yield are worked out, what the published figures mean, and what they leave out.
The building and pest clause in a Queensland contract, step by step
One date in the schedule makes a Queensland contract subject to building and pest reports. How the clause runs from entry to notice, and what acting reasonably asks of a buyer.
Buying a unit in Queensland: read the body corporate records first
What the body corporate certificate tells a Queensland unit buyer, what it leaves out, and how to search the scheme's records for levies, repairs, insurance and disputes.
Brisbane keeps adding homes for sale in June as other capitals thin out
SQM Research's June count shows Brisbane listings up 1.2 per cent while Sydney and Melbourne fell. Queensland's distressed listings rose 17 per cent in the month.
Buying an investment unit in Queensland: levies, sinking funds, by-laws
A unit comes with a body corporate, a budget and a rule book. How levies are set and shared, what a sinking fund must cover, what by-laws can and cannot do, and what to read first.
Help to Buy opens 10,000 new places, with Queensland third for demand
The federal shared equity scheme reopened on 1 July with 10,000 places and higher income limits. Housing Australia says Queensland ranks third for applications.
Seller disclosure wrong or missing: a Queensland buyer's right to terminate
Since August 2025 a Queensland buyer can end a contract before settlement if the seller's disclosure was not given or was materially wrong. How the two grounds work, and their limits.
From 1 July the ATO applies its holiday home test to rental claims
The Tax Office's new approach to holiday homes that are also let to guests covers expenses from 1 July 2026. How the green, amber and red zones work for Queensland owners.
From today, Queensland home buyers are asked to prove who they are
Anti-money-laundering law reaches real estate agents and conveyancers on 1 July 2026. Here is what a Queensland buyer is asked for, by whom, and when in the sale.