Settlement
What happens between contract and keys in Queensland: timelines, adjustments, and who does what on settlement day.
When the settlement system stops: outages and what happens next
Electronic settlement depends on several linked systems. This guide explains what each one does, what happened when two of them failed, and how Queensland law treats the delay.
One network or two: where e-conveyancing competition stands
Queensland approves two settlement networks, yet almost every sale runs on one. This guide explains what interoperability was meant to do, why it was shelved and what governs the system now.
Selling and buying on one day: simultaneous settlement in Queensland
How a Queensland household settles a sale and a purchase on the same day: tying two contracts together, the order the money moves in, and what a delay in one does to the other.
Priority notices: how a Queensland buyer's place on the title is held
Between the last title search and registration, a Queensland buyer relies on a priority notice. This guide explains what it reserves, what it lets through and how long it lasts.
After settlement: registration, keys, notices and what arrives later
Settlement takes minutes, but a Queensland sale is not finished that day. This guide covers registration, the missing title deed, who is notified and what each side still receives.
Ruling on settlement network fees slips a month, to 30 October
The final report on what electronic settlement networks may charge is now due on 30 October 2026. The draft would cut the transfer fee paid by buyers and sellers by 36.6%.
Paying out the seller's mortgage at settlement: how the funds line up
On settlement day the buyer's money arrives from several places and leaves for several more, with the seller's lender paid first. This guide traces every dollar of that exchange.
PEXA counts 2.67 million property transfers in a year, expects fewer
The network that carries most Queensland settlements handled 4.2 million transactions in 2025-26. Its operator told the market on 18 August that it expects volumes to fall.
Where the deposit sits until settlement: trust accounts in a sale
A Queensland deposit waits in a trust account run under strict rules. This guide covers who may hold it, how it is recorded, when it can be released and what happens in a dispute.
Electronic conveyancing in Queensland: how a settlement completes
No one meets to settle a Queensland sale any more. This guide explains the shared workspace, the checks before signing, how the money moves and who writes the rules.
PEXA disputes the sums behind lower settlement fees at public hearing
At IPART's hearing on 21 July, PEXA argued the method used to justify a 20 per cent cut in its regulated revenue undervalues its assets. How the method works.
Titles Queensland opens an online drop box for self-lodged title changes
From 20 July, people acting for themselves can lodge eight kinds of title dealing online and answer registry requisitions there. Settlements by professionals are unchanged.
When settlement is delayed in Queensland: what waiting costs, who pays
Why Queensland settlements run late, the difference between an extension, an agreed delay and a default, how default interest is counted and which costs nobody refunds.
30, 60 or 90 days: how a settlement period is chosen in Queensland
No law fixes the time between contract and settlement in Queensland. What a short, standard or long period has to fit in, and the calendar dates that change the sums.
Pricing regulator proposes cutting the main settlement fee by a third
A draft IPART report of 3 July proposes lowering PEXA's fee for a property transfer from $146.30 to $92.71 from July 2027 and charging the same fees in every state.
The pre-settlement inspection in Queensland: what a buyer may check
What the standard Queensland contract lets a buyer inspect before settlement, what the seller has promised about the property's state, and the options if something is wrong.
ARNECC briefs industry on tighter rules for settlement platforms and firms
Registrars briefed the property industry on 17 and 19 June on draft version 8 of the national e-conveyancing rules, covering cyber security, insurance and reporting.
AUSTRAC guidance: delayed checks due 28 days in, or 3 before settlement
AUSTRAC updated its guidance on 12 June. A delayed customer check in a property sale must now be finished within 28 days of exchange or three days before settlement.
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.
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.