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.
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.
A world away from the bright lights, dizzying heights and flocks of tourists lies the quiet suburb of Runaway Bay, offering all the best the Gold Coast has to offer, without the crowds. With the Broadwater lapping at its shores, Runaway Bay is a boaties heaven, offering direct Broadwater access, as well as large open spaces, internationally recognised sporting venues and a large, local shopping centre.
With property prices peaking in Sydney, the Queensland property market is really starting to heat up as property investors from down south look to the sunshine state for its more affordable property market that can prove to be a more lucrative investment. Our conveyancing solicitors have really started to notice this swing and the influx of investment properties coming across our desks.
Our house was a beautiful double-storey Edwardian in a bayside suburb of Melbourne. My parents had been lucky enough to buy in 1989, when you could still get houses in that neighbourhood for a relative song. When we moved in, it had just one storey and needed work. An upstairs was added and the entire back of the house extended. We made it ours and lived there for 25 years.
In Queensland it is compulsory for all properties to have compliant smoke alarms installed. The standard contract of sale in Queensland contains a smoke alarm section that the Seller is required to complete prior to the buyer signing the contract, stating whether the property is fitted with smoke alarms.
After you sign a contract of sale for the purchase of a property, one of your first tasks will be to find a property lawyer to manage the conveyancing process for you. When you’re ringing around various law firms to get a quote on this conveyancing you will often hear the term ‘searches’; but what are these searches?
