Refinanced within two years and your old broker says the lender clawed back their commission? Since 2021 a broker can't pass a clawback on to you. What you may owe, how to check your credit quote, and a process map for disputing the invoice.
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Switching selling agents is legal, but doing it in the wrong order can leave you owing two commissions. The state-by-state rules, the introduced-buyer clause behind most disputes, how "effective cause" works, and a step-by-step process map.
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Headline property management fees run from about 5.5% of rent in Sydney and Melbourne to 8.5–11% in Perth, but letting fees, inspections and admin charges typically lift the all-in cost to 9–14% of annual rent. Here is how to compare quotes properly.
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Professional fees for conveyancing run from around $500 in Queensland to $3,000 or more in metropolitan NSW, before disbursements of $300 to $800. Here is what drives the price in each state, what a quote must include, and the extras that catch buyers and sellers out.
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Every published AgentFind profile now has a plain-text Markdown version that AI assistants can read, at no extra cost on any plan. And because AgentFind charges a flat monthly fee rather than a cut of your commission, a single sale can cost you thousands less than a referral service would take.
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NSW gives you five business days of cooling off at 0.25%. Victoria gives three clear business days at 0.2% or $100. Queensland gives five business days at up to 0.25% and lets you waive it in writing. The rules you know do not travel with you.
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A section 10.7 planning certificate discloses zoning, planning controls, land contamination, flooding and bushfire prone land — and it's already in the contract. Here's what to read in it, plus the free government sources that answer the questions it doesn't.
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In NSW, nothing is binding until contracts are exchanged — then you get five business days of cooling off, at a cost of 0.25% of the purchase price if you use it. Here's how to structure an offer, and what a 66W certificate actually gives away.
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A building report covers accessible parts of the property — and generally excludes wiring, plumbing, drainage, gasfitting and pools. NSW Fair Trading also warns a vendor-supplied report "is not a substitute for your own independent report". Here's how to read one properly.
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Pre-approval lasts three to six months and doesn't commit anyone to anything. At auction, where there's no cooling-off period, that gap between conditional and unconditional is where deposits get lost. What pre-approval actually covers.
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