property law

Conveyancing Tips – Things to Consider Before Signing the Contract of Sale:

Conveyancing Tips – Things to Consider Before Signing the Contract of Sale:

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.

Facing Your Fears - The Conveyancing Process for First Home Buyers:

Facing Your Fears - The Conveyancing Process for First Home Buyers:

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.

Capital Gains Withholding - Impacts on Foreign and Australian Residents:

Capital Gains Withholding -  Impacts on Foreign and Australian Residents:

Foreign Resident Capital Gains Withholding (“FRCGW”) applies to the sale of residential property in Queensland by foreign residents, whereby a withholding tax of 12.5% is applied to the contract price of the property being sold.

Renting to Friends - Could you be your friend’s landlord?

Renting to Friends - Could you be your friend’s landlord?

Here’s an interest article our conveyancing solicitors recently stumbled across while researching property trends – ‘Young Australians rent to friends to afford mortgage’.

Thinking of Selling? - Prepare Your Home for a Winter Sale:

Thinking of Selling? - Prepare Your Home for a Winter Sale:

It used to be the case that the property market slowed in Winter as sellers waited to for Spring to put their property on the market, but with a warmer Winter this year, our conveyancing solicitors have also noticed a warmer property market, with there being plant of eager buyers looking to pick up a property.

Body Corporate Insurance – Is Your Investment Property Covered?

Body Corporate Insurance – Is Your Investment Property Covered?

With the apartment market on the Gold Coast and in Brisbane literally soaring to new heights at the moment, it’s important that if you own an investment property that it is adequately insured.