Hope Island is one of the Gold Coast’s most exclusive suburbs. Home to an enclave of exclusive housing estates, such as Sanctuary Cove and Hope Island Resort, with several world class golf courses meandering in between.
The property website Domain are currently running a series of articles on selling a property, covering aspects from presentation and market advise, to sales tactics and the conveyancing process itself.
Brisbane came alive this weekend for the annual Teneriffe Festival. The streets were lined with a festival of food, markets and entertainment.
So you’ve spent countless weekends scouring the suburbs of Brisbane, or the Gold Coast for that perfect property and you think you’ve finally found ‘the one’ and are ready to put in an offer and sign a contract of sale. It’s right about now that you need to tap the brakes every so slightly. There’s no point rushing in and signing your name, as the entire conveyancing process will be dictated by this contract, so you want to make sure you’ve got it right before signing.
So you’ve had your property on the market for a while and have now signed a contract of sale and sold your property. First of all congratulations on the sale! While getting that offer may be exciting at first, we’re sure that a bit of stress is beginning to creep into your mind as you start to consider the long list of things you now have to take care.
At Dylan & Inns Gold Coast and Brisbane we deal with a lot of first home buyers looking to break into the property market and have a keen interest in ensuring their purchase is successful. One of the most frequent questions we get asked from these buyers though is ‘how much do I need for a deposit?’
Are you a first homebuyer looking to dip your toe into the property market, but find that fear is holding you back? Making that decision to spend such a large amount of money can be daunting, but our conveyancing solicitors are more than happy to talk you through the process and ease your mind before you sign that all important contract of sale.
Australia-wide property prices have been on the rise this year, from the highly publicised runaway prices in Sydney, to the steady growth in Melbourne, the recent boom and apartment sales in Brisbane and the slew of new developments announced for the Gold Coast. Key to this tremendous growth has been the high level of sales to property investors.
With the property market on the Gold Coast and in Brisbane really starting to take off and interest rates continuing to remain so low, now is the perfect time for a first homebuyer to enter the market. Many first homebuyers however are probably unaware of the associated costs of purchasing a property.
Deciding to enter the property market and purchase a property is a big decision and one that does carry with it quite a few upfront costs. One of these costs that is often overlooked by buyers is transfer duty, which is a taxed imposed by the Queensland Government on the transfer of property.
