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Property management fees in Queensland: letting and management commission
What a Queensland rental owner pays a managing agent: letting commission, commission on rent and supervision charges, how each is calculated, and what the appointment has to list.
Queensland ranks second least affordable for home loans, REIA finds
The REIA's June quarter report puts Queensland loan repayments at 54.4 per cent of median family income, behind only New South Wales, as higher rates cancel out softer prices.
The reserve price at a Queensland auction: who sets it, who hears it
The reserve is the seller's figure, written down before auction day and kept from bidders. How it is set, recorded and reached, and what the auctioneer may say.
How rental vacancy rates are measured, and why Queensland sources differ
REIQ, SQM Research and Cotality each publish a vacancy rate for Brisbane, and the figures do not match. How each one is built, and how to read them side by side.
Reserved, lodged, paid: how purchase money crosses between banks
What the Reserve Bank and the national rules say about the money side of an electronic settlement: netting between banks, reserved funds, the daily cut-offs and failed reservations.
Queensland prices rise while national housing value falls, ABS says
The ABS reports the first fall in the total value of Australian homes since 2022, driven by New South Wales and Victoria. Queensland's mean dwelling price rose to $1,130,600 in the June quarter.
Smoke alarm rules a Queensland seller must meet before settlement
A home sold in Queensland must have interconnected photoelectric smoke alarms in every bedroom, hallway and storey before it transfers. The standard, the Form 24 and the 0.15% rule.
Brisbane homes now take 28 days to sell, and units are outpacing houses
Cotality figures reported this week show Brisbane's median selling time up from 19 days a year ago. Unit values are 13.2 per cent higher over the year, ahead of houses at 10.3 per cent.
Buyer's agent or selling agent: who works for whom in Queensland
Two licensed agents can sit on opposite sides of one Queensland sale. This guide sets out who appoints each, who pays, what each owes the other side and what neither may do.
Draft law puts a 30% tax floor under family trusts that hold property
Treasury's exposure draft of 3 September sets a 30 per cent minimum tax on discretionary trust income from July 2028. What it means for a Queensland rental held in trust.
Land banking and option deeds: testing a Queensland land offer
How land banking schemes sell lots and options over land not yet approved for housing, what ASIC's court actions record, and how a Queensland buyer checks planning status.
Property tokenisation glossary: regulator terms and a Queensland lot
Token, fractional interest, managed investment scheme, custody, PDS, wholesale client: the regulators' own words, each one set beside a Queensland lot and its register.
Suncorp Bank tells 1.2 million customers their banking moves to ANZ
Suncorp Bank began writing to customers and brokers on 7 September: products, services and digital platforms shift to ANZ by June 2027. What is known for home loan customers, and what is not.
Titles Queensland shuts its Brisbane counter as paperwork moves online
Public access to the Titles Queensland office in Brisbane ended on 7 September 2026. Owners updating a title before a sale now lodge online or by post.
Tenant scoring software: the limits Queensland law puts on ranking
How rental application platforms sort and score applicants, and what Queensland's application rules, discrimination law, database rules and a 2026 privacy ruling say about it.
Spring opens in Brisbane with one auction in four finding a buyer
Cotality's preliminary count for the first week of spring puts Brisbane at 133 auctions and a 24.8 per cent clearance rate, the city's second-lowest early result of 2026.
Five developers chosen for nearly 2,200 homes at Northshore Hamilton
Economic Development Queensland has named development partners for five parcels on a 6.1 hectare Brisbane riverfront site, with construction expected from mid-2028.
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%.
A median-income Queensland household can afford 9 per cent of homes
REA Group's affordability index for 2025-26 puts Queensland at a record low: 9 per cent of homes sold were within reach of a typical income, down from 15 per cent a year earlier.
Ray White Queensland keeps its one-in-four target after a split year
At its annual awards in Brisbane, the state's largest network said its three targets stay as they are: a quarter of Queensland sales, 60,000 managed properties and 10,000 auctions.