The contract you sign when buying or selling a home contains clauses that can significantly affect your rights and your money. Our articles explain the most important conditions — from finance and building & pest to cooling-off periods, sunset dates, and indemnity clauses — in plain language.
For Queensland property professionals, off-the-plan contracts are a regular part of life—especially in a growing market with constant demand for new developments. Yet one of the most misunderstood…
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When signing conveyancing contracts, each party seeks to protect their interests, which results in Indemnity Clauses. However, an excessive desire to protect yourself can lead to the failure…
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A solicitor’s approval clause can consider the legal implications of an agreement for a client. But what clients often fail to realise is that the clause does not…
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A sunset clause generally permits the termination of a contract if certain milestones are not met within a given period of time. For example, the seller may terminate…
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A Subject to Sale clause allows a buyer of a property to get out of a contract without penalty if they are not able to sell their property.…
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Although the maximum deposit that can be paid for existing land, houses and units is 10% of the contract price, Queensland property sellers generally agree to reduce the…
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