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Selling a property in Queensland
Selling changed in August 2025. You now have to give the buyer a disclosure statement before they sign, and getting it wrong can hand them a right to walk away. Here is what is involved.
Talk to us before the property is listed, not after an offer arrives.
The disclosure statement and its certificates have to be in the buyer's hands before they sign. If your agent has a buyer ready and disclosure is not prepared, the sale waits. Preparing it up front means you can sign the day an offer comes in.
Seller disclosure statement
Since 1 August 2025 the Property Law Act 2023 (Qld) requires you to give the buyer a signed disclosure statement, together with the prescribed certificates, before they sign the contract. We prepare the statement, order the certificates it has to attach, and make sure it is given in a way that can be proved later.
Title, mortgage and anything unusual
We check the title for easements, covenants, encumbrances and anything registered that a buyer will ask about. If there is a mortgage we contact your lender early so the discharge is underway rather than starting the week of settlement. If there has been building work, we check the approvals.
Contract signed
Once both parties sign, the contract is binding and the dates start running. We confirm the terms, check that the deposit has been paid to the agent's trust account as required, and diarise every date so you know what is coming and when.
Cooling-off, building and pest, finance
This is the part sellers find hardest, because the contract is signed but not yet secure. The buyer has five business days to cool off, and then their building and pest and finance dates to work through. We watch each date, chase the notices, and tell you where things stand rather than leaving you to guess.
Unconditional
When the buyer's conditions have been satisfied or waived the contract becomes unconditional and the sale is secure. From here it is a matter of getting to settlement. If the buyer asks to extend a date, we advise you on whether to agree and what it means if you do not.
Settlement
We check the buyer's settlement figures, adjust rates and water so you only pay up to the day you sold, coordinate the discharge of your mortgage, and settle electronically through PEXA. Your net proceeds are paid to you and the agent releases the keys.
What we will ask you for
Getting these to us early is what keeps a sale on schedule:
- Identification, so we can verify who you are
- Your lender and loan account details, if the property is mortgaged
- Recent rates and water notices, and body corporate details for a unit or townhouse
- Approvals for any building work, including pools, sheds, decks and extensions
- Your agent's details and a copy of the agency agreement
If you are not sure whether past building work was approved, tell us rather than assuming. It is far easier to deal with before a buyer's solicitor finds it.
Thinking of listing?
Get in touch before the property goes to market and we will have your disclosure ready for the day an offer arrives.
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