Home Buying

Learn the essential distinction between a Queensland contract deposit paid to a trust account and an equity deposit required by mortgage lenders.

An informative guide to Springfield QLD 4300, exploring its master-planned context within the City of Ipswich, local primary schooling, and official ABS Census data sources.

Understand the rules for Queensland renovations, including when you need Building Approval, Development Approval, or Plumbing assessment, and which cosmetic works are exempt.

Learn what transfer duty is in Queensland, how dutiable value is calculated, tiered rates, owner-occupier concessions, and first home buyer thresholds.

Queensland land tax notices for 2026 are issuing from August 2026. Individuals are assessed from $600,000 in taxable landholdings, companies and trustees from $350,000. Draft, held for review.

From 1 August 2026 the Queensland home concession requires buyers to be an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or specified foreign retiree. Draft, held for review before publication.

Burleigh Heads suburb guide covering population, the new light rail station, schools, national park, shopping and flood checks for buyers.

Surfers Paradise suburb guide covering population, light rail, schools, strata living, planning and coastal flood checks for apartment buyers.

Southport suburb guide covering population, light rail, schools, Gold Coast University Hospital, shopping, planning and flood checks for buyers.

Coomera suburb guide covering population, the Coomera Connector, schools, the new public hospital, parks and planning for Gold Coast buyers.