Craig Smith

Director, Australian Valuers

Craig Smith is the director of Australian Valuers, an independent valuation firm he has run since 2008.

Its valuers are members of the Australian Property Institute and registered with the Queensland Valuers Registration Board. The firm works across South East Queensland and the Newcastle and Central Coast region of New South Wales from a head office in Maroochydore.

It covers pre-sale and pre-purchase advice, family law and separation matters, deceased estates, capital gains and stamp duty valuations. For Unreserved, Craig explains when a pre-sale valuation is worth paying for, and where automated valuations fall short.

Director, Australian ValuersRunning the firm since 2008Registered ValuerSE Queensland and NSW

Articles with Craig

Craig on Unreserved.

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

Craig's comments on Unreserved are general information about valuation practice, not advice on any individual property. Articles on Unreserved are written by Ben Williams with input from expert contributors.