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Sunshine Coast home values ease from their autumn peak after a long run
REA Group figures put the Sunshine Coast median at $1.213 million, 1.3 per cent below April's peak. Cotality's median is higher, and both show a market that has stopped climbing.
REIQ names its 2026 awards finalists after a record year for entries
The REIQ has published the finalists for its 2026 Awards for Excellence, with nominations up by more than 100. What the awards measure and where a win leads.
Delivering seller disclosure in Queensland: email, links and proof
How a Queensland seller may give the disclosure statement and certificates to a buyer on paper, by email or by link, what must happen before the buyer signs, and what the seller must be able to prove.
Vendor discounts hit a three-year high and valuers warn of unsold homes
Herron Todd White puts the typical vendor discount at 4 per cent in July, the widest since May 2023, and names Brisbane among the markets where it has grown the most.
Brisbane asking prices drop 1.7 per cent in August as unsold stock ages
SQM Research's August report shows Brisbane vendors trimming asking prices while fewer new homes come to market. Queensland distressed listings reached 1,497, up 25.3 per cent in a year.
Caveats in Queensland: protecting an interest in land before settlement
What a caveat does on a Queensland title, who may lodge one, why it lapses after three months or 14 days, how it is removed, and what an unjustified caveat can cost.
First Home Super Saver Scheme: using super for a Queensland deposit
The First Home Super Saver scheme lets a first buyer save part of a deposit inside super and withdraw it through the ATO. The caps, the tax, the steps and the traps.
Short-stay letting in Queensland: what councils and bodies corporate allow
Queensland has no statewide short-stay permit. Whether a home can be let by the night depends on the council, the planning scheme and, in a unit, the body corporate.
How auctioneering competitions are judged, from the REIQ to the Austros
What entrants must do in the REIQ's contest, how the Australasian championships are fed and run, and what the organisers do and do not publish about scoring.
Brisbane values fall 2.7 per cent in three months as annual growth slows
Cotality's August index has Brisbane dwelling values down 1.0 per cent for the month and regional Queensland down 0.5 per cent. Annual growth in the capital has slowed to 10.8 per cent.
Rental yields edge up as values fall, with regional Queensland at 4.2%
Cotality's August index puts Brisbane's gross rental yield at 3.4 per cent and regional Queensland's at 4.2 per cent, as the national vacancy rate reaches 1.9 per cent.
Queensland dwelling approvals fall 13.9 per cent in July
ABS figures show 4,200 Queensland dwellings approved in July, the sharpest monthly fall among the larger states, while the trend series kept rising and stands 20 per cent above a year ago.
AUSTRAC sends formal notices to agencies that have not enrolled
A month after the enrolment deadline, AUSTRAC has begun issuing statutory notices to real estate and other businesses it believes should be on its roll.
Buying acreage in Queensland: the extra checks beyond the house
A few hectares bring vegetation maps, bores, tanks, registers of past land use and biosecurity zones that a suburban buyer never meets. What to search before signing, and where.
Queensland's median house price posts its first quarterly fall since 2022
REIQ figures for the June quarter put the statewide median house price at $983,000, down 0.91 per cent, and units at $810,000. Most of the 16 major markets still rose.
Keypads, fobs and key safes: Queensland's lock and entry rules apply
A code or an app can open a Queensland rental or a home for sale, but the tenancy Act's rules on keys, lock changes, entry notices and accompanied viewings still decide who may walk in.
AI suburb forecasts and growth scores: what an agent may pass on
A machine-made suburb forecast looks like data, but it is a statement about the future. What Queensland's price rules and the consumer law say when an agent repeats one.
August's five early readings: Brisbane auctions peak, then slide
Preliminary Cotality figures for the week ending 30 August put Brisbane's auction clearance rate at 31.5 per cent, with both coastal markets recording higher early rates on small counts.
Queensland has the lowest home loan arrears of the large states: S&P
S&P Global Ratings puts Queensland's prime mortgage arrears at 0.55 per cent in June against 0.85 per cent nationally, with borrowers paying loans out early at a faster rate.
Nine State-owned sites go to market for up to 5,754 homes
Queensland's Land Activation Program now has nine surplus government sites in market processes, Economic Development Queensland says, from South Brisbane to Townsville.