About Conveyancing Explained

We publish plain-English guides to conveyancing across Australia for buyers, sellers, and first-home buyers who want to understand the process before they engage a professional. We cover all 8 states and territories today: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, the ACT and the Northern Territory.

Who we are

Conveyancing Explained is an independent information resource. We are not a law firm, a conveyancing firm, or a licensed conveyancer.

Editorial standards

Every guide on this site is written to answer the specific questions property buyers and sellers actually ask in the states we cover, in plain English, with the legal and regulatory rules cited directly from primary sources for that state. We do not publish information we cannot trace to an authoritative source.

We source every guide directly from each state or territory's own revenue office, fair trading body, and legislation. Today, with all 8 states and territories live, our primary sources are:

New South Wales

• Revenue NSW (transfer duty, First Home Buyer Assistance Scheme, grants and exemptions)
• NSW Fair Trading (cooling-off rights, property sale rules, licensee obligations)
• The Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) and the Conveyancing (Sale of Land) Regulation 2022
• Conveyancers Licensing Act 2003 (NSW)
• Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) (for s10.7 planning certificates)

Victoria

• State Revenue Office Victoria (land transfer duty, first home buyer exemptions and concessions)
• Consumer Affairs Victoria (cooling-off rights, Section 32 vendor statement rules, licensee obligations)
• The Sale of Land Act 1962 (Vic) (Section 32 vendor statement and cooling-off)
• The Estate Agents Act 1980 (Vic) (section 52 contract disclosure for estate agents)

Queensland

• Queensland Revenue Office (transfer duty, home concession, first home concession and grants)
• Office of Fair Trading (Queensland)
• The Property Law Act 2023 (Qld) (Form 2 seller disclosure statement and cooling-off)

Western Australia

• RevenueWA (Department of Treasury and Finance) (transfer duty and first home owner rate)
• Consumer Protection WA
• The Sale of Land Act 1970 (WA) and the Settlement Agents Act 1981 (WA)

South Australia

• RevenueSA (stamp duty and first home buyer relief)
• Consumer and Business Services (SA)
• The Land and Business (Sale and Conveyancing) Act 1994 (SA) (Form 1 vendor statement and cooling-off)

Tasmania

• State Revenue Office Tasmania (property transfer duty)
• Consumer, Building and Occupational Services (Tasmania)
• The Conveyancing Act 2004 (Tas) and the Property Agents and Land Transactions Act 2016 (Tas)

Australian Capital Territory

• ACT Revenue Office (conveyance duty and the Home Buyer Concession Scheme)
• Access Canberra
• The Civil Law (Sale of Residential Property) Act 2003 (ACT) (required documents and cooling-off)

Northern Territory

• Territory Revenue Office (stamp duty and the HomeGrown Territory grant)
• NT Consumer Affairs
• The Law of Property Act 2000 (NT) and the Stamp Duty Act 1978 (NT)

We do not accept payment to influence our editorial content. Our guides reflect the law and publicly available regulatory guidance as at the date shown on each page. Laws change; always check the current version of any legislation and seek professional advice for your specific situation.

How we keep information accurate

Each guide displays a "Last updated" date. We review pages whenever relevant legislation or regulatory guidance changes materially. If you notice an error or an out-of-date figure, please contact us at team@conveyancingexplained.com.au and we will correct it promptly.

Referral disclosure

Some pages include an enquiry form that refers property enquiries to one or more independent legal partners - separate, independent legal practices we work with. We may receive a referral fee when a referred enquiry results in an engagement. This arrangement does not affect our editorial content: we recommend engaging a qualified professional because it is genuinely in readers' interests, not because of any commercial arrangement.

Our legal partners are separate businesses from Conveyancing Explained. We are not responsible for the legal advice or services they provide to clients.

Not legal advice

The information on this site is general information about conveyancing in the states and territories we cover (all 8 today: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, the ACT and the Northern Territory). It is not legal advice and does not create a solicitor-client or conveyancer-client relationship. Every property transaction is different. For advice on your specific situation, engage a licensed conveyancer or a qualified solicitor in your state.

Contact

Email: team@conveyancingexplained.com.au

Conveyancing Explained provides general information about property transactions in Australia. It is not legal advice and does not create a client relationship. For advice on your situation, engage a licensed conveyancer, settlement agent, or property solicitor in your state or territory.