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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.
The cooling-off period in Queensland: five business days, explained
How Queensland's five-business-day cooling-off period works for home buyers: when it starts, when it ends, the 0.25% penalty, and the sales where it does not apply at all.
RTA backs a campaign on home modifications in rental properties
Queensland's Residential Tenancies Authority is supporting a disability network's campaign on home modifications in rentals, and has restated how a tenant asks for one.
How auction clearance rates are counted, and why two sources disagree
One Brisbane auction week in June 2026 produced clearance rates of 31.9%, 34.1% and 18%. Here is how each provider counts, and what a rate can and cannot say.
Townsville and Cairns rates climb about 7 per cent as costs bite
Townsville's budget lifts residential rates by an average 6.8 per cent and Cairns adds about $283 to a median bill. In both northern cities, waste, water and fuel do the damage.
After the June hold: what a 4.35 per cent cash rate costs borrowers
The Reserve Bank paused on 16 June but would not call the peak. For Queensland borrowers the pause leaves repayments where they are and the income needed to buy still rising.
Brisbane house buyers need $17,000 more income than in January
Cotality's June chart pack, published on 18 June, measures what rising values and rates have done to the household income needed to buy a median Brisbane house or unit.
Roads and sewers funded for 3,270 homes in Central Queensland and Bundaberg
Two Queensland Government statements in mid-June set out five funded infrastructure jobs in Central Queensland and the Bundaberg region, worth about $60 million together.
Running an open home in Queensland: the rules on the agent's side
What a Queensland agent answers for at an open home or private inspection: the seller's instructions, price talk, the visitor register and entry to a tenanted home.
ATO figures: more than half of landlords now report a rental loss
Taxation statistics published on 17 June count 2.34 million people with a rental property in 2023-24. Just over half of them made a loss, up from just under half a year earlier.
Brisbane lifts rates 3.97 per cent, the lowest rise announced so far
Brisbane City Council's $3.9 billion budget adds $1.22 a week to the average owner-occupier's rates and raises the pensioner rebate to $1,350. What sits behind the headline.
How an agency is chosen: what a Queensland seller can check first
Before appointing an agency, a seller can verify more than most people realise: the licence, who is in charge, the appointment terms and what the brand does and does not guarantee.
Queensland puts $5.725 billion behind social and community homes
Ahead of the 2026-27 Budget, the Queensland Government has set out a four-year, $5.725 billion program for social and community housing, with 6,500 homes under way.
Queensland refinancing enquiries fall 8.8 per cent in a year
Credit bureau figures for May show fewer Queenslanders applying to refinance or to borrow for the first time. Three rate rises have turned a busy January into a quiet autumn.
Supreme Court keeps a buyer's caveat on a $2.85 million Caloundra sale
A seller ended a contract because an earlier buyer's caveat blocked the transfer. On 15 June the Supreme Court refused to clear the way for the land to go elsewhere.
Tokenised property in Queensland: what a token is and what it is not
A token sold as a slice of a Queensland building is a record of an interest in whatever owns it. How that differs from a name on title, a fund unit and a listed trust.
What it costs to sell a home in Queensland: the seller's ledger
Commission, marketing, disclosure searches, legal work, pool and smoke alarm compliance, rates and the mortgage: each line a Queensland seller pays, and the rule behind it.
A data breach in a Queensland agency: the files, the rules, the notice
What a Queensland property management office holds, what the tenancy Act says about storing and destroying it, and when the federal breach scheme makes an agency notify.
Free government property data in Queensland: what each map shows
Queensland Globe, QTopo, QImagery, FloodCheck and the State's planning maps are free to use. Here is what each one shows, how it is searched and what none of them can tell you.
Reserve Bank holds at 4.35 per cent as Brisbane auctions stay subdued
The Reserve Bank left the cash rate at 4.35 per cent on 16 June, its first pause of 2026 after three rises. Brisbane bidders get steadier borrowing costs, not lower ones.