Property Titles

How to read a Brisbane FloodWise Property Report, including defined flood levels, flood planning areas and minimum floor heights explained.

What Queensland sellers should check and prepare before listing a property, including seller disclosure, title and approval issues, presentation, and choosing an agent.

Joint tenants versus tenants in common in Queensland, and the ownership, estate and relationship-breakdown questions buyers should think through before buying property with someone else.

What Queensland buyers should budget for beyond the deposit, including finance clause timing, lender valuation risk, and the search, legal, duty and settlement costs that add up before settlement.

What buyers should check before purchasing acreage or semi-rural property in Queensland, including access, water supply, septic systems, bushfire and flood risk, and boundary checks.

What Queensland buyers need to prepare before bidding at auction, including finance readiness, building and pest checks, contract review, deposits, and why cooling-off does not apply.

Queensland's additional foreign acquirer duty, foreign land tax surcharge, and the federal ban on foreign purchases of established dwellings, and why buyers must verify their own status individually.

Why a fence line is not proof of a Queensland property's legal boundary, what a survey plan actually shows, and when to engage a registered cadastral surveyor before you buy or build.

What covenants and restrictive instruments mean for Queensland property buyers, how they differ from easements and body corporate by-laws, and why a solicitor should review them before you build.

What buyers should check about sewer, water and stormwater infrastructure on a Queensland property, including easements, build-over approvals, and why guessing from the surface is not reliable.