Agent Kit: Seller Disclosure Statement (Form 2)
Everything you need to onboard sellers and manage disclosures—available in digital and print formats.
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Home Guarantee Scheme (Effective 1 October 2025)
From 1 October 2025, the federal government’s Home Guarantee Scheme (HGS) undergoes major changes designed to make buying a home more accessible. The reforms remove income limits, remove annual caps, and increase property price caps — opening the door to thousands more Australians.
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Property Law
Staying Safe from Settlement Scams
Essential tips for awareness and prevention of scams during the property purchase process.
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Selling property in Queensland – What has changed?
Thinking of selling property in Queensland? Since 1 August 2025, there’s a new step that can make or break a deal: Sellers must provide a Seller’s Disclosure Statement (Form 2), plus key documents, before the Buyer signs.
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Foreign Resident Capital Gains Withholding and ATO Clearance Certificates
From 1 January 2025, all Sellers, whether an individual or non-individual company or trust, must provide an Australian Taxation Office Clearance Certificate to the Buyer, failing which, the Buyer is responsible to ensure that 15% of the purchase price is paid to the Australian Taxation Office at settlement.
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Electronic Conveyancing takes effect in Queensland in 2023
Electronic conveyancing or eConveyancing will be mandatory in Queensland from the 20th of February 2023 under the Land Title Regulation 2022.
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New smoke alarm requirements for Queensland properties
Effective from 1 January 2022, all residential properties sold in Queensland will require to have compliant smoke alarms to be installed prior to the settlement of the property.
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Deeming Conditions – why they’re best avoided!
If you have ever purchased anything by contract, be it your home, an investment property or a business, you will probably be familiar with due diligence conditions (“DD Conditions”) . In basic terms, a DD Condition gives a buyer a certain amount of time (usually a period of say 14 days after the contract
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Business Law, Law, Property Law
Should you obtain a Building Records Search when buying a house?
If you are looking at buying a house, you should strongly consider arranging for a Building Records Search to be ordered from Council, as soon as possible after you enter into the Contract ( it can take up to 10 business days to receive the results of this search from Council ). This search will
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