Tech
The tools and rules changing how property is bought and sold.
Domain and REA take their rival marketing claims to the Federal Court
Australia's two largest property portals are each asking the Federal Court to rule on the other's advertising figures, including a claim shown on a Gold Coast Airport billboard.
Automated valuation models: what is behind an online price estimate
How an automated valuation model turns sale records into a price estimate, how providers express its accuracy, how lenders are expected to use it, and where it struggles.
Privacy law and real estate: what an agency may collect, and keep
Buyers, tenants and open-home visitors hand agencies a great deal of personal information. How the Privacy Act, its small business exemption and Queensland tenancy law limit it.
A rent figure from software: what Queensland's Act asks before it runs
A pricing tool can suggest a weekly rent, but Queensland's tenancy Act decides how that figure may be advertised, offered and raised. Where the law sits, and who answers for the number.
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.
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.
AI-written listing descriptions: who answers for the errors?
How text generators draft a property description, why they invent features, distances and school zones, and who carries the legal responsibility for the wording in Queensland.
Verification of identity: the check before a Queensland e-settlement
Why a buyer or seller is asked for a passport before an electronic settlement: the reasonable steps duty, the optional Standard, who may run the check and what is kept.
Who regulates property technology in Queensland: a map of the watchdogs
No single body oversees property technology in Queensland. Nine state and federal regulators each hold a piece: here is what each one covers, and where the pieces meet.