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Victoria · 16 min read

How to sell your house without a real estate agent in Victoria (2026 complete guide)

A complete, step-by-step roadmap: Section 32, pricing, photography, inspections, offers, and settlement. Specific Victorian legal requirements covered.

Ben Williams · 8 May 2026

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State Guides · 21 min

Selling a House Privately in Victoria (VIC & Melbourne): Complete Guide for 2026

How to sell a house privately in Victoria: the Section 32, the due diligence checklist, pricing, marketing, cooling-off, settlement and costs, including the 2026 and 2027 rule changes.

Ben Williams · 17 October 2026

Selling Tips · 17 min

Selling a Townhouse: A Complete Guide for Australian Homeowners

How to sell a townhouse in Australia: confirm what you legally own, price it against the right comparables, target the right buyer, get your state's documents right and keep more of the sale price.

Ben Williams · 16 October 2026

Selling Tips · 16 min

How to Sell an Apartment in Australia: A Complete Guide

Selling an apartment means selling the building too. How to price a unit, prepare your strata or body corporate documents, reach the right buyers and keep selling costs down.

Ben Williams · 16 October 2026

Expert contributor · 8 min

Ask a settlement agent: how selling in WA really works

In this guideWhat makes WA differentSettlement agent or conveyancer?Offer and acceptanceDepositsFinance and settlement timeframesWhen finance runs lateNo cooling-offWho sells privately in WAWhere private sales go wrongThe short version If you have bought or sold

Ben Williams · 14 October 2026

Market Data · 17 min

Purplebricks Australia: What Happened, Why It Failed & What It Changed

Purplebricks launched in Australia in 2016 with a fixed fee and left in 2019. We mapped 5,610 of its Australian listings to see where it worked and why the business didn't last.

Ben Williams · 7 October 2026

Expert contributor · 11 min

Ask the head of mortgage broking: what home owners should know before they buy, sell or refinance

In this guideWhy brokers wonThe Royal CommissionThe misunderstandingDo you pay a broker?After the rate riseThe refinance trapFirst home buyersWhere finance fits in a property saleAI and trustIf you were starting todayThe short version More

Ben Williams · 7 October 2026

Expert contributor · 6 min

A caveat landed 13 minutes before settlement. The money had already moved.

A caveat lodged 13 minutes before a $945,000 settlement froze the title after funds had moved. A South Australian conveyancer explains what a caveat does and what a prepared seller checks.

Ben Williams · 5 October 2026

Unreserved data · 7 min

Do private sellers sell for less? What our valuation and sales data shows

70% of owners expect more than the AI estimate. We tracked 46 private sale campaigns to see what that costs: the ones that launched at the estimate sold, and most that launched above it cut their price.

Ben Williams · 2 October 2026

Expert contributor · 7 min

Who prepares the contract when you sell your Queensland home yourself?

In this guideThe short answerWhat that number isSo what does the process actually look likeHow the sequence runsThe thing that actually needs doing wellDo you need a solicitor or a conveyancer Every Queensland seller

Ben Williams · 30 September 2026

Expert contributor · 8 min

The Queensland compliance items that are not on your disclosure statement

In this guideSmoke alarmsPool safety certificatesBody corporate warranties, if you are selling a unitWhy this list exists at allYour pre-listing checklist There is a particular kind of Queensland seller who does everything right and

Ben Williams · 30 September 2026

Expert contributor · 14 min

Ask a property lawyer: the Queensland disclosure mistakes that hand a buyer the exit

In this guideStart with the biggest oneWhat it actually costs to get wrongWhy are people still getting it wrongThe document surprises peopleWhen does it need to be readyWhere signatures go wrongWhen the buyer is

Ben Williams · 30 September 2026

Selling guide · 5 min

RBA lifts the cash rate to 4.60 per cent, a 15-year high

In this guideWhat the board saidFour rises in one yearWhat it costs a borrowerBorrowing power takes the bigger hitA housing market already going backwardsWhat happens next The Reserve Bank of Australia lifted the cash

Ben Williams · 29 September 2026

Expert contributor · 8 min

We price homes with AI. Here is the moment we tell you to go and pay a human.

In this guideThe number is the whole negotiationWhat our AI is genuinely good atWhat it cannot seeThe confidence rating is the part nobody readsThe bank does not care what you think it is worthI

Ben Williams · 24 September 2026

Expert contributor · 11 min

Ask a valuer: is a pre-sale valuation actually worth it?

In this guideWhy pay for a number the portals give awayWhat a model cannot see from a deskWhere your number actually comes fromDoes a cooling market change how you read old salesWhat about the

Ben Williams · 24 September 2026

Expert contributor · 9 min

Ask a conveyancer: what South Australians get wrong when they sell privately

GST, deposits, Form 1 timing, contract turnaround and unapproved decks. A South Australian licensed conveyancer answers the questions private sellers ask most.

Ben Williams · 20 September 2026