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GST on an agent's commission: how it is charged and shown at settlement
An agent's commission carries GST even when the home being sold does not. How the tax is built into the Queensland appointment, who can claim it back, and where it shows up in the paperwork.
Help to Buy: the federal shared equity scheme and its Queensland caps
The Australian Government's Help to Buy scheme pays up to 40 per cent of a first home's price in return for a share of it. The rules, the income limits and Queensland's price caps.
One lawyer for buyer and seller? Conflict rules in Queensland sales
How the solicitors' conduct rules treat acting for two parties to a Queensland sale, a solicitor's own interest, referral payments and a conflict that appears mid-file.
Tax Institute: trust tax relief leaves State duty and GST unsolved
The Tax Institute's 18 September submission says families moving property out of a discretionary trust could get federal relief and still face full State duty and GST.
Virtual tours, 3D models and floor plans: accuracy and the law
How the digital parts of a property listing are produced, what accuracy their makers state, and what consumer law and Queensland's agents law say when one is wrong.
Bank figures put investors at 35.6 per cent of new home loans in June
APRA's June quarter figures put investors at more than a third of new home lending by banks, even as Queensland investor loan numbers fell 10.1 per cent.
Offset balances drop by a record $8.6 billion as loan arrears climb
APRA's June quarter figures show 1.01 per cent of bank home loans are non-performing, households drawing on offset accounts, and more loans approved outside standard repayment tests.
Bowen Hills plan would lift towers to 50 storeys for 27,000 homes
Proposed changes to the Bowen Hills Priority Development Area would raise the height limit from 30 to 50 storeys. The State says the area could hold up to 27,000 homes. Comment closes 9 October.
Brisbane posts its best final auction result in three months: 38.5%
Cotality's final figures for the week ending 13 September show 65 of Brisbane's 169 auctions sold. The Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast both finished at 32.0 per cent.
Interstate arrivals to Queensland slow to 14,718 in the year to March
ABS figures released on 17 September show Queensland still gains more people from other states than anywhere else, but the net inflow is down 39 per cent in a year.
Rockhampton's Games rowing course is endorsed; now it needs 1,200 rooms
World Rowing and Paddle Worldwide have backed the Fitzroy River for 2032. The city's tourism body says it is 1,200 short-stay rooms short of what it needs.
June quarter resales: Brisbane's median gain stalls at $525,000
Cotality's Pain & Gain report for the June quarter puts the median gain on a Brisbane resale at $525,000, even as the national share of profitable sales slips to 95.4 per cent.
Sydney and Canberra loosen while Brisbane's rental stock stays thin
SQM Research counted 3,090 vacant rentals in Brisbane in August, a rate of 0.9 per cent. Vacancies in Sydney and Canberra are up by more than a quarter in a year.
Buying or selling a Queensland home 'as is': what the contract still says
'As is' appears in Queensland listings, not in the standard contract. What the phrase can change, which seller promises and buyer rights survive it, and how it is written in.
Can a chatbot read your Queensland sale contract for you?
What Queensland's courts and Law Society say about AI errors, why cooling-off, finance and building and pest dates are the risk, and what stays with a solicitor.
Cyber security duties of firms and lenders on a settlement network
What rule 7 of the national participation rules asks of every law practice and lender using a settlement network: training, certificates, access, and what to do when something is compromised.
Days on market, listings and discounting: Queensland's market signals
Prices are the last thing to move. Listing counts, selling times and vendor discounts shift first. What each measure counts, who publishes it, and why two sources rarely give the same number.
First home buyers in regional Queensland: caps, places and a State loan
Outside the south-east corner the federal price caps drop to $700,000, half of Boost to Buy's places are reserved, and a State home loan has a higher income limit until 31 October.
NAB and ANZ lift fixed home loan rates, making nine lenders this month
Two of the big four raised fixed rates on 17 September, twelve days before the Reserve Bank meets. Fixed loans now cost more than variable ones, and few borrowers are choosing them.
Revenue Office drops its card surcharge as land tax falls due
From 1 October the Queensland Revenue Office will stop adding a surcharge to card payments of land tax, duty and fines. The timing matters for this year's assessments.