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 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.
If you’re considering buying a property in Queensland then you should be aware that under the standard contract of sale there is a clause for a pest & building inspection to be carried out on the property prior to settlement.
The number of Significant Investor Visas granted by the Federal Government has surged five-fold in the past 12 months.
For most people, buying or selling a home is the most expensive transaction that they will ever conduct and as such they really need someone who has their best interests at heart. There are many parties involved – vendor, purchaser, banks, brokers, real estate agents – on both sides – all looking at this transaction through their own lenses, driven by their own agendas.
Co-ownership refers to the legal relationship shared by two or more people over an interest in property. In Queensland co-owners are registered as either Joint Tenants or Tenants in Common. It’s important to have a basic understanding as each of these principles of ownership when purchasing property with another person, as during the conveyancing process your lawyer will need to specify on the transfer how ownership of the property is to be distributed between each owner.
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?
