Australia
Australia: the market, agents and agencies from Sydney to Perth, state by state.
Queensland has its own magazine: Queensland Estate.
New South Wales agents' rules of conduct: duties, disclosure, penalties
What Schedule 1 of the New South Wales regulation asks of every agent, the extra rules for sales, the material facts a buyer must be told and what a breach can cost.
Buying a home at auction in New South Wales: the bidder's rules
How a New South Wales auction works from the buyer's side: registering to bid, what the auctioneer may do, the deposit at the fall of the hammer and why there is no cooling-off.
New South Wales without paper title deeds: what replaced the certificate
Since 11 October 2021 a certificate of title has no legal effect in New South Wales. What owners and lenders hold instead, how ownership is proved, and what a lost certificate means.
New South Wales: the yearly taxes on a foreign-owned home in 2026
A foreign owner of a New South Wales home pays a 5% surcharge land tax with no threshold, ordinary land tax above it, and a federal vacancy fee if the home stands empty. The sums in A$.
Land tax at settlement in New South Wales: the section 47 certificate
Why a New South Wales buyer checks a land tax clearance certificate, what a charge on the land means, the 2026 thresholds and rates, and how the home exemption works around a move.
Buying off the plan in New South Wales: what the law gives a buyer
Off-the-plan contracts in New South Wales: the disclosure statement, ten business days to cool off, deposits in trust, the 2% compensation cap, sunset clauses and the building bond.
New South Wales property data tools: what each official one shows
Land values, published sales, title searches and planning maps in New South Wales sit in four official systems. Who runs each one, what it shows, what it costs and where it stops.
New South Wales rental ads and renter data: the 2026 Act explained
New South Wales has an Act on what agents may collect from rental applicants and on labelling altered or generated photos in adverts. What it says, and why most of it is not yet in force.
Renting in New South Wales: rent rises, lease endings and pets
New South Wales now limits rent rises to one a year, makes landlords give a reason to end a lease and puts a 21-day clock on pet requests. What the state's own pages say.
New South Wales Strata Hub: what schemes report, fees and penalties
How the New South Wales Strata Hub works: the twenty items a strata scheme reports each year, the three-month deadline, the A$3 per lot fee, who sees what, and the fines.
Title fraud in New South Wales: how the Torrens Assurance Fund works
What the State guarantee of title means for a defrauded owner in New South Wales, how a claim on the Torrens Assurance Fund runs, and what replaced the paper title.
South Australia agent commission: the 90-day sales agency agreement
How a South Australian sales agency agreement sets an agent's commission, what it must disclose on fees, expenses and rebates, and when the commission cannot be claimed.
Using a buyer's agent in South Australia: authority, fees and bids
What South Australian law asks of an agent who acts for a buyer: registration, a signed written authority, fee and benefit rules, the ban on acting for both sides, and bidding at auction.
South Australian conveyancers: registration, trust money and discipline
How South Australia registers its conveyancers, what the application costs, how client money is held and audited, and who hears a complaint when something goes wrong.
South Australia first home buyers: the A$15,000 grant and duty relief
South Australia pays first home buyers a grant of up to A$15,000 and waives stamp duty, but only on new homes. What RevenueSA and the Act say on who qualifies, when and how.
South Australia home settlement: conveyancer, duty and transfer fees
How a home sale settles in South Australia: the timetable, the conveyancer's tasks, adjustments, duty through RevenueSA Online, the 2026-27 transfer fee scale and the keys.
South Australia real estate registration: who needs which one
Land agent, sales representative, property manager or auctioneer: what each South Australian registration allows, what it requires and costs, and the penalties for working without it.
How a South Australian land agent must hold and audit client money
Deposits, rent and sale proceeds held by a South Australian land agent sit under Part 3 of the Land Agents Act 1994. The banking, records, audit, fund and penalties, step by step.
Buying a home by private treaty in South Australia: Form 1 to duty
How a private treaty purchase works in South Australia: the Form 1, the two clear business days of cooling-off, the A$100 deposit limit, inspections, price ranges and stamp duty.
South Australia's auction rules: bidders, vendor bids and the Form 1
How a residential auction runs in South Australia: who must register to bid, how the reserve and vendor bids work, what dummy bidding is, and why there is no cooling-off.