Contracts drafted by vendors occasionally include special conditions that require the purchaser to pay the vendor’s legal costs. However, subsection 42(3) of the Property Law Act […]

Individual trustees are people, and they can die.  This is why there are usually at least two individual trustees of a trust, and they own the […]

Unless it is released to the vendor by the purchaser before settlement (section 27), the deposit paid by the purchaser under a contract for the sale […]

Yes, you may be able to move into a vacant property before settlement with the vendor’s permission. This typically involves a Licence Agreement, in which the […]

Consolidation is when the land contained in two or more adjacent titles is consolidated into a single lot and a new child title is issued to […]

A caveat is an ex-parte (single party) dealing registered on a title or group of titles that shows the valid interest of that party (the caveator) […]

Glenferrie Conveyancing Pty Ltd was the first firm in Australia to be registered as a practitioner subscriber of the PEXA electronic settlement platform, and we conducted […]

If you are buying, selling or transferring the ownership of property, you will be a party shown on an electronic document called a Transfer, either as […]

If the property you are buying going to be your principal place of residence, you may become eligible for several concessions and exemptions: A stamp duty […]