Practitioners, brokers and agents collaborating for consumers By Jarrod McAleese
Property in Queensland continues to go from strength to strength. 2021 was a year to remember – for the first time on record, it facilitated the most sale settlements of any jurisdiction in 2021 with 232,824, up 41% from 2020 and up 59% from 2019. And while the market may have eased slightly from the soaring highs in recent months, the Sunshine State is still proving to be popular among homebuyers nationwide. But what’s it like to buy property in Queensland in 2022? Digital settlements combating ongoing challenges The answer is that it’s digital and it’s easy. As Empire Legal’s George Sourris and Abi Wright explain, amidst more than two years of significant hurdles, flexibility delivered by online processes
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are proving paramount for their business and clients. “The overwhelming majority of our settlements these days take place on PEXA. Paper settlements are becoming much less common and
