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What is happening in Queensland property, dated and explained.
Buying off the plan in Queensland: deposits, disclosure and sunset clauses
A plain guide to Queensland's off-the-plan rules: how much deposit can be asked, what the seller must disclose, how long settlement can take and when a contract can end.
Buying at auction in Queensland: the rules every bidder should know
No cooling-off, no price guide, no conditions: how a Queensland property auction works, from registering to bid to the fall of the hammer, and where the rules are written.
Design team named for the 1,800-apartment Brisbane athlete village
Five architecture practices will design the main 2032 athlete village at the Brisbane Showgrounds, with a sixth leading the wider precinct. Who they are and what they must deliver.
Commonwealth Bank now expects flat national home prices in 2026
The bank's 4 June housing note cuts its 2026 forecast for the second time in a month. It says Brisbane is still growing, only more slowly, as rates and tax changes bite.
A 366-apartment build-to-rent tower opens in Fortitude Valley
WeAreLiving Brunswick opened in Brisbane on 3 June with 366 rental apartments, about 40 per cent of them at discounted rents backed by a Queensland Government subsidy.
Queensland home approvals sit 23 per cent above last April's level
April building approvals show Queensland's trend running well ahead of a year earlier, while the national monthly count slipped. What the two sets of figures say.
Brisbane opens winter with 201 auctions and fewer than half selling
Cotality's early count for the last week of May shows 201 Brisbane auctions and a 43.3 per cent clearance rate, with the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast softer still.
Victoria Park passes to the Games authority as stadium works begin
The Games infrastructure authority took possession of Victoria Park on 1 June 2026 and began preparing the site of Brisbane's 63,000-seat stadium. What changed, and what follows.
Brisbane home values rise 0.9% in May while the national index stalls
Cotality's Home Value Index for May, published on 1 June, shows Brisbane and regional Queensland still rising while Sydney and Melbourne fall and the national figure is flat.