Selling
Selling a home: choosing a method, preparing the property, setting a price and getting to settlement.
Australia: why every property seller needs an ATO clearance certificate
Since 1 January 2025 a buyer must keep back 15% of any Australian property price unless the seller hands over an ATO clearance certificate. How the rule works for each side.
Selling a mortgaged home in Dubai: the release, the fees, the cheques
A Dubai home with a loan on it can be sold, but the lender's mortgage has to come off the register first. The letters, the capped bank fees, the three cheques and the steps.
Dubai sale with a tenant in place: lease, 12-month notice, Ejari
What Dubai's tenancy law says when a let home is sold: the lease binds the buyer, vacant possession needs twelve months' notice, and what official pages say on Ejari, deposits and viewings.
Selling an HDB flat in Singapore: MOP, quotas and the CPF refund
What a Singapore flat owner has to clear before selling: the minimum occupation period, the ethnic and SPR quotas, the Intent to Sell, and the CPF refund that comes out of the price.
USA: how much a seller can pay towards a buyer's costs, by loan type
Fannie Mae caps seller-paid financing costs at 2 to 9 per cent, the VA limits concessions to 4 per cent and USDA sets 6 per cent. What counts, and what happens to the excess.
Selling a US home without a listing agent: figures and federal rules
What the Realtors' survey says about owner-led sales in the United States, why its price gap needs care, and which federal duties stay with a seller who has no agent.
Selling an inherited home in the USA: basis, gain and tax forms
How US federal tax treats the sale of an inherited home: the basis set at death, the long-term holding rule, the gain or loss, Form 1099-S, Form 8949 and the executor's part.
Short sale or deed in lieu in the USA: servicer rules and the tax
How a US homeowner who owes more than the home is worth sells or hands it back: what the servicer must do under Regulation X, and how the IRS treats the cancelled debt.
Selling a home in Victoria: the owner's steps from agent to settlement
How an owner sells a home in Victoria as the state regulator sets it out: the agent, the price, the method of sale, the section 32 statement, offers, the deposit and settlement.
Australia's homes for sale rise 21.6% in a year as buyers hold back
SQM Research counted 276,839 listings across Australia in September, a fifth more than a year earlier. What the count, and REA Group's chief, tell vendors.
Singapore: Bedok gets its first S$1.5 million flat in a week of records
A five-room flat at Bedok South Horizon sold for S$1.54 million, a day after a S$1.48 million record. What the week's other resale highs tell sellers.
US listing data to 2 October: more homes, more cuts, fewer deals
HousingWire's weekly tracker to 2 October shows 902,112 homes for sale, price cuts on 42.83% of listings and pending sales down a tenth on a year ago. What sellers can read in it.
Dubai service charges: who approves them and what sellers must clear
How Dubai's jointly owned property law defines service charges, who approves and holds them, and what the lien over a unit means for an owner who wants to sell.
En bloc sales in Singapore: consent thresholds, steps and the 2026 Bill
How a collective sale works in Singapore: the 80% and 90% consent rules, the committee, the sale agreement, the Strata Titles Boards and what the 2026 Bill would change.