Buy & Sell
Buying, selling and investing in Queensland, step by step.
From today, Queensland sellers must prove who they are to their agent
Federal anti-money laundering law reaches real estate on 1 July 2026. What a Queensland seller will be asked for, when, and how it sits beside the State's own rule.
Investors now account for more than 40% of Brisbane home lending
Domain puts investors above 40 per cent of Brisbane lending, against a ten-year average of 32, as APRA's March quarter figures show investor loans growing as a share of bank books.
The Queensland First Home Owner Grant: who qualifies and how to claim
A plain guide to Queensland's $30,000 First Home Owner Grant: which homes count, the $750,000 limit, who can apply, how to claim it and the rules after payment.
State Budget leaves land tax alone and eases foreign surcharge relief
Queensland's 2026-27 Budget changes no land tax rate or threshold. For investors, the moves are a lower bar for developer relief from foreign surcharges and a duty change for visa holders.
Nearly every Brisbane resale made a profit in the March quarter
Cotality's Pain and Gain report finds 99.8 per cent of Brisbane resales sold above their purchase price, with a median gain of $525,190. Noosa's was higher still.
Negative gearing changes pass Parliament with a super fund lending ban
Parliament passed the negative gearing and capital gains tax changes on 25 June, adding a ban on new super fund loans for housing. What is settled, and what is still to come.
Subject to finance in Queensland: how the contract's loan clause works
The finance condition in a Queensland contract runs on three schedule boxes, a 5pm deadline and a written notice. What each side must do, and what silence means.
Queensland Budget keeps the $30,000 first home grant for four more years
The 2026-27 Queensland Budget funds the $30,000 First Home Owner Grant beyond 30 June, keeps new homes free of duty for first buyers and adds a citizenship test.
Selling a Queensland home as an executor or under a power of attorney
When the person on the title cannot sign, someone else must prove the right to sell. How transmission by death and a registered power of attorney work in Queensland.
The cooling-off period in Queensland: five business days, explained
How Queensland's five-business-day cooling-off period works for home buyers: when it starts, when it ends, the 0.25% penalty, and the sales where it does not apply at all.
ATO figures: more than half of landlords now report a rental loss
Taxation statistics published on 17 June count 2.34 million people with a rental property in 2023-24. Just over half of them made a loss, up from just under half a year earlier.
Supreme Court keeps a buyer's caveat on a $2.85 million Caloundra sale
A seller ended a contract because an earlier buyer's caveat blocked the transfer. On 15 June the Supreme Court refused to clear the way for the land to go elsewhere.
What it costs to sell a home in Queensland: the seller's ledger
Commission, marketing, disclosure searches, legal work, pool and smoke alarm compliance, rates and the mortgage: each line a Queensland seller pays, and the rule behind it.
Making an offer on a Queensland home: from first figure to signed contract
In Queensland an offer is usually a signed contract waiting for the seller's signature. How price, conditions, deposit and competing offers work before the deal becomes binding.
Title searches rise to $25.71 as Titles Queensland lifts fees on 1 July
Titles Queensland has confirmed its 2026-27 fees. The searches every seller needs for a disclosure statement cost about 4 per cent more from 1 July.
Appointing an agent to sell in Queensland: Form 6 and the three listings
Before an agent can market a Queensland home, both sides sign Form 6. What the form must say, how open, sole and exclusive appointments differ, and how long each lasts.
Who counts as a first home buyer in Queensland? Six tests compared
The grant, the duty concessions, the 5% Deposit Scheme, two shared equity schemes and the super saver scheme each define a first home buyer differently. The six ownership tests, compared.
Queenslanders' house price expectations drop 15 per cent in a month
The June Westpac-Melbourne Institute survey shows Queensland households far less sure prices will keep rising, while the 'time to buy' reading recovers from a deep low.
The REIQ contract for houses and residential land: what each clause does
Most Queensland homes change hands on one standard contract. A clause-by-clause tour of the deposit, conditions, settlement, warranties and default terms, in plain words.
The deposit in a Queensland sale contract: amount, holder, forfeiture
How much a Queensland deposit usually is, when it falls due, who holds it and on what terms, who receives it when a sale settles or ends, and when a buyer can lose it.