Money
How a deal is settled and paid, from contract to keys.
Settlement adjustments: how rates, water, land tax and rent are split
Why the amount paid at a Queensland settlement differs from the contract price, and how the standard contract divides rates, water, land tax, rent and levies by the day.
APRA keeps the 3-point home loan buffer as rates and costs climb
The banking regulator has left its lending rules unchanged and told a Senate committee the system is sound. What that means for a Queensland borrower's loan size.
Land tax in Queensland: who pays it, the thresholds and the exemptions
Queensland land tax is set by what you own at midnight on 30 June. A guide to the $600,000 and $350,000 thresholds, the rates, the home exemption and how an assessment is paid.
How lenders work out borrowing capacity: income, expenses, buffer
A lender does not ask whether you can afford today's repayment. It asks whether you could afford one three points higher. How income, expenses and debts feed the sum.
Settlement day in Queensland: what happens, in what order, who does it
A plain account of a Queensland settlement day: who takes part, what has to be ready beforehand, how money and title change hands, and when the keys are released.
Sunshine Coast rates rise 9.7 per cent after a 24 per cent land revaluation
Sunshine Coast Council's 2026-27 budget lifts most owner-occupiers' rates by $221.68 a year. How a 24 per cent jump in land values fed into the bill, and what it means for land tax.
Queensland sale commissions average 2.33 per cent, platform data shows
A Reapit report covered by Elite Agent puts Queensland's average commission rate at 2.33 per cent, above the 1.95 per cent national figure. What the number measures, and what it leaves out.