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.
We’ve been writing a bit recently about buying property off-the-plan and how it differs from purchasing an established property. Whilst doing research for these articles our conveyancing solicitors stumbled across this great article which answers eight common questions a buyer may have when deciding to purchase an apartment off-the-plan.
The skies above the Gold Coast and Brisbane are beginning to fill with cranes as confidence in the Queensland property market increases. With this huge increase in development comes an increase in new apartments flooding onto the market. Most of these apartments are sold before construction finishes in what is termed as an off-the-plan contract.
Making the decision to purchase a property can be a very stressful one. It doesn't matter whether you're looking to purchase a house on the Gold Coast, or an inner city apartment in Brisbane, it can be a stressful process. Then after making the decision to buy, thinking about hiring a conveyancing solicitor can seem even more daunting.
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.
It looks as though the Gold Coast’s skyline is again set to be decorated with towering cranes as development kicks off in a big way in the lead-up to the 2018 Commonwealth games, with a slew of new high rise developments seeing approval from Southport, through Surfers Paradise and down to Broadbeach.
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.
If you’re looking to get into the property market and buy an investment property there are a lot of benefits to be had, such as wealth creation, capital growth and tax benefits, but since buying property is such a major decision that can take a huge financial toll it’s worth doing some thorough research on the property before signing that contract of sale.
When purchasing a property in Queensland, or in most States across Australia, one of the biggest costs is that of stamp, or transfer duty. Transfer duty is a tax imposed by State Governments on the transfer of property and often rises into the tens of thousands of dollars, catching many buyers off guard. It’s one of those taxes that has been widely criticised.
