Buyer’s agents
What a buyer’s agent does in Queensland, how they are paid, and when hiring one makes sense.
Off-market properties: what the term means and how they are found
An off-market home is sold without public advertising, not without rules. This guide explains the forms it takes in Queensland, how buyer's agents hear of them and what stays the same.
Bidding at a Queensland auction through a buyer's agent: the rules
A buyer's agent can bid for a client at a Queensland auction. This guide covers the written authority, bidder registration, the price limit, signing on the day and what stays private.
Buyer's agent or selling agent: who works for whom in Queensland
Two licensed agents can sit on opposite sides of one Queensland sale. This guide sets out who appoints each, who pays, what each owes the other side and what neither may do.
Buyer's agents' national association elects a Brisbane-based president
REBAA has a new president after three years, announced on 24 August. What the association is, what it requires of members, and the questions on fees and licensing now in front of it.
Appointing a buyer's agent in Queensland: what Form 6 must contain
A buyer's agent cannot start work in Queensland without a signed appointment. This guide goes through the form entry by entry: services, limits, fees, due dates, term and how it ends.
Super fund home lending ends on 10 August: buyer's agents brace
New loans for housing inside self-managed super funds stop on 10 August. Trade press reports buyer's agencies built on that niche expect a sharp fall in work, as investors change course.
Buyer's agent, property adviser or promoter: telling the roles apart
Not everyone who helps an investor find a property works for the investor. This guide explains the Queensland licence, appointment and disclosure rules that show who is acting for whom.
How buyer's agents are paid: fixed fees, percentages and disclosure
A buyer's agent's fee is negotiated, not regulated, in Queensland. This guide explains engagement fees, fixed and percentage models, GST, expenses and what must be written down.
REBAA puts the usual engagement fee at $1,000 to $5,000
The buyer's agents' association says most of a fee should fall due only when a purchase succeeds. Two days later, the failed agency Dashdot's technology and lending arm were sold.
Buyer's agency collapse leaves 695 clients owed $10.6 million
Liquidators' figures for the failed buyer's agency Dashdot show $10.59 million in prepaid fees owed to 695 clients. Three industry bodies now want tighter rules on fees and licensing.
What a buyer's agent does in Queensland, and the licence it takes
A buyer's agent searches, checks, negotiates and bids for a purchaser. In Queensland the work needs the same licence or registration as selling. A guide to the role and its rules.