
Seller Beware – of biggest shake-up to property law in 50 years
A looming overhaul of Queensland property laws that includes sweeping new rules on seller disclosure could boost trade for the state’s conveyancers and property lawyers. That’s according to Sharon Christensen, the head of QUT’s School of Law, engaged by the state government to review Queensland property laws ahead of the revamp. Christensen says the new seller disclosure laws, set to take effect in August, will add less than a day to workloads of real estate agents in the state, but may still result in many of them passing on the task to conveyancers. “I’ve heard varying report