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.
In 2013 an amendment to the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld) (‘the Act’) came into effect, which allowed for an employer, with the consent of a prospective employee, to obtain a copy of the prospective employee’s claims history from the Queensland Workers’ Compensation Regulator.
There are some big changes in store when it comes to property law and conveyancing in Queensland. On top of PEXA, or electronic conveyancing, that is due to commence in the next six months, the Queensland Government has passed new legislation which radically overhauls the way residential properties are bought and sold in Queensland.
