COST OF SELLING · QLD
What does it cost to sell a house in QLD?
Selling a $1,222,906 home in Queensland costs about $40,641 all up, and roughly 84% of that is agent commission. Here is every line, and what happens to the total when you remove the commission.
Estimate my QLD selling costsNo sign-up. QLD average commission: 2.8%.
Median house values: Cotality Hedonic Home Value Index, capital cities, April 2026. Typical commission rates: 2025-26 industry surveys. Method and full table: Unreserved Commission Report 2026.
About $40,641 to sell a $1,222,906 house in QLD
Queensland is one of the most expensive states in Australia to sell a house, and it is the one state where you can name the year it changed. The statutory commission cap was abolished in 2014. Average rates have climbed to 2.8% since, with 3.0% common on the Gold Coast and through regional Queensland.
QLD Cost of Selling Estimator
Commission in Queensland is unregulated and negotiable, typically 2.5% to 3.0%. Enter the rate you have actually been quoted, or start from the QLD average.
Charged on top of commission, and payable whether or not the house sells.
Your other selling costs
You pay these whichever way you sell, so they sit in both totals and cancel out of the difference. Each is pre-filled with a typical QLD figure. Replace any of them with a quote you have actually been given.
Acts for you on the contract and settlement. Typically $900 to $1,800 in QLD.
The certificates behind your vendor disclosure. Typically $100 to $350.
Your lender’s fee to release its mortgage, plus the registry fee. Typically $250 to $400.
Left at $0 by default. An QLD auctioneer costs $500 to $1,000 on the day.
With a traditional agent
With Unreserved
QLD COST BREAKDOWN
Every cost of selling a house in Queensland
Since August 2025 there is also a new mandatory cost: the Form 2 seller disclosure statement. Here is the full Queensland cost list at 2026 rates, including what the deregulated commission actually adds up to.
Agent commission (2.8% QLD average)
$34,241The big one, and the only optional line on this list. At the QLD average of 2.8% on a $1,222,906 sale, this is about $34,241. Commission is unregulated in Queensland, so the rate is set by the agency and is negotiable.
Marketing and advertising (VPA)
$2,500 to $6,500Photography, floorplan, portal listings, signboard and brochures. Payable whether or not the house sells, and usually invoiced before the campaign starts.
Your solicitor
$900 to $1,800Handles the contract, Form 2 Seller Disclosure Statement, searches and settlement on your behalf.
Form 2 Seller Disclosure Statement and searches
$100 to $350From 1 August 2025 Queensland sellers must give buyers a Form 2 seller disclosure statement, with prescribed certificates, before the contract is signed.
Mortgage discharge and registry
$250 to $400Your lender’s fee to release its mortgage over the title, plus the land registry fee. If you are breaking a fixed rate, ask for the break cost in writing separately.
Auctioneer (only if you auction)
$500 to $1,000The auctioneer’s fee on the day. Buyers in Queensland get a 5-business-day cooling-off period on private-treaty contracts (waivable, with a 0.25% penalty to terminate). There is no cooling-off period at auction.
QLD SPECIFIC
Uncapped commission is a Queensland-only story
Queensland capped agent commission by statute until 2014. When the cap was removed, rates drifted up rather than down, and the state now averages 2.8% and frequently reaches 3.0%. Queensland is the only state where sellers can point at a specific year their selling costs were deregulated, and one of the highest average rates in mainland Australia is the result.
One of the highest mainland commission rates
At 2.8% average and 3.0% at the top end, Queensland commission runs materially above NSW (2.35%) and Victoria (2.35%). On Brisbane’s ~$1.22M median house that is about $34,200, and a Gold Coast campaign at 3.0% on $1.15M reaches $34,500.
Form 2 disclosure became a seller cost in 2025
Since 1 August 2025, Queensland sellers must give buyers a Form 2 seller disclosure statement with prescribed certificates before the contract is signed. That is a new, non-optional line: $100 to $350 in searches on top of your solicitor’s fee.
No cooling-off at auction cuts both ways
Queensland auction sales carry no cooling-off period, so a successful auction produces an unconditional contract. That is genuinely valuable, and it is also why agents push auction campaigns, which cost more to run than private treaty.
Do QLD sellers pay stamp duty? No.
Stamp duty on a property transfer is a buyer cost in Queensland, not a seller cost. The only tax that can land on a QLD seller is capital gains tax, and that applies solely to investment properties, never to your main residence. Licensing and agent conduct in QLD is governed by the Property Occupations Act 2014 (Qld).
QLD WORKED EXAMPLE
A $1,222,906 QLD sale, two ways
WITH A TRADITIONAL AGENT
$40,641
Commission of $34,241 at 2.8%, plus marketing, solicitor fees, Form 2 Seller Disclosure Statement searches and mortgage discharge. Commission alone is about 84% of it.
WITH UNRESERVED
$2,800
A flat $900 replaces the commission and the marketing spend. You still pay your solicitor, the Form 2 Seller Disclosure Statement searches and mortgage discharge, because those are not agent fees.
DIFFERENCE
$37,841
Same house, same portals, same buyers. This is the part of your equity that stays with you rather than funding a percentage.
Based on the Brisbane median house value of $1,222,906 (the capital-city median, used as the QLD figure) at the state average commission of 2.8%, with mid-range marketing, solicitor and search costs. Your actual figures depend on your sale price and the rate you would otherwise have negotiated.
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FAQ · COST OF SELLING IN QLD
Cost of selling a house in Queensland: common questions
How much does it cost to sell a house in QLD?
On Brisbane’s ~$1,223,000 median house, expect about $34,200 in commission at the state average of 2.8%, $2,500 to $6,500 in vendor-paid marketing, $900 to $1,800 for a solicitor, $100 to $350 for Form 2 disclosure searches and $250 to $400 to discharge the mortgage. Total: roughly $38,000 to $43,000.
Why is it more expensive to sell a house in Queensland?
Queensland removed its statutory commission cap in 2014. Since deregulation the state average has risen to 2.8%, with 3.0% common on the Gold Coast and in regional areas, against 2.35% in NSW and Victoria. Nothing caps it now, which also means every rate is negotiable.
What is a Form 2 seller disclosure statement and what does it cost?
From 1 August 2025, Queensland sellers must give buyers a Form 2 disclosure statement, with prescribed certificates attached, before the contract is signed. The searches typically cost $100 to $350. Unreserved assembles the statement and certificates as part of the flat-fee campaign.
Do you pay stamp duty when selling a house in QLD?
No. Transfer duty in Queensland is paid by the buyer. Sellers pay commission, marketing, legal fees, the Form 2 disclosure searches and mortgage discharge. CGT applies only to investment properties.
How much commission does a real estate agent charge in QLD?
Queensland agents average 2.8% of the sale price and frequently charge 3.0%. There is no cap and no set rate, so it is fully negotiable. On a $700,000 sale, 2.8% is $19,600 and 3.0% is $21,000. Unreserved charges a flat $900 regardless of sale price.
84% of your selling costs are optional.
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