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Logan votes to shrink its flood overlay by more than half
Logan City Council has endorsed removing its most extreme flood scenario from planning maps, a change expected to take 56.8 per cent of properties out of the overlay in early 2027.
National award entries open as tickets close for Queensland's gala
Real Estate Business opened its 2027 awards on 7 October, the day entries closed for its revived Women in Real Estate Awards. The dates, and what Queensland agents enter.
Five Darling Downs offices take one name as office groups grow
Ray White Rural's Pittsworth-led group now trades as Condamine across five towns, and a four-office Century 21 group has launched north of Brisbane in the same week.
Transport projects tied to Brisbane 2032 and the suburbs they serve
A guide to the rail, bus and road projects the State officially links to the 2032 Games: where each one runs, what is funded and its published status in October 2026.
Brisbane buyers get more room to negotiate as homes take 35 days to sell
Brisbane sales are down 27.2 per cent on a year ago and the median vendor discount has widened to 4.2 per cent, yet Westpac's survey finds Queensland buyers gloomier than most.
Long-weekend auctions: Brisbane's early clearance rate sinks to 25.6%
In the first auction week after the cash rate rise, Cotality's preliminary figures put Brisbane at 25.6 per cent and the combined capitals at 48.2 per cent, the lowest since June.
Fewer sales, longer campaigns: Brisbane's slowdown seen from the agency
Brisbane sales are 27.2% below a year ago and homes take 35 days to sell, up from 19. What those figures change in an agent's working week, and the rules that stay.
20,125 Queensland first buyers used the 5% Deposit Scheme in a year
Federal figures for the first year of the expanded 5% Deposit Scheme count 102,594 first home buyers, a fifth of them in Queensland, as lenders report borrowing limits biting.
Who passed on the rate rise, and when: BOQ first, big four on 9 October
A week after the cash rate rose to 4.60 per cent, lenders have passed the increase on in full. Effective dates for Queensland borrowers run from 3 October to the middle of the month.
Four doors, no counter: how a document reaches Queensland's land register
Since 7 September 2026 nothing is handed over in person at Titles Queensland. The four lodgement channels, who may use each, how each is paid for and what comes back.
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.
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.
The indemnity insurance that stands behind a Queensland conveyancing file
Every Queensland law practice doing conveyancing carries compulsory professional indemnity insurance. Who provides it, how much it covers, how the levy works and what a claim involves.
Buying a Queensland home from interstate or overseas: what differs
Queensland contracts, cooling-off, conveyancing and clocks all have local quirks, and foreign buyers face a federal ban on established homes until 30 June 2029. A step-by-step guide.
Lenders mortgage insurance, and how a guarantee replaces it
Mortgage insurance is the premium a buyer pays to protect the bank when the deposit is under 20 per cent. What it costs, why a guarantee removes it, and the Queensland routes around it.
Queensland holds a third of Australia's distressed listings, SQM says
SQM Research counts 1,655 distressed listings in Queensland in September, up 47.5 per cent in a year, as Brisbane's total stock for sale climbs 43.5 per cent above last spring.
One borrower in 50 is short each month, the RBA's stability review finds
The Reserve Bank's October review puts about 2 per cent of variable-rate owner-occupiers in a cash flow shortfall, with arrears near pre-pandemic levels and a year of repayments in reserve.
Cotality measures Brisbane's vacancy rate at 2.1% in September
Cotality's September index has national vacancy at 2.0 per cent and the smallest monthly rent rise since May 2025. Its Brisbane figure is double the one SQM reports.
Court fines foreign owner $508,000 for leaving a block unbuilt
A Federal Court penalty of $508,000 against a foreign owner who never built on a $296,000 block shows how the four-year rule and the vacancy fee apply, in Queensland too.
Franchise, co-operative or independent: how agencies are structured
Behind the brand on a Queensland agency's window sits one of several business models. What each one is, who owns what, which rules apply and what it changes for a client.