Net sale proceeds, commission structures, duty calculations, conveyancing quotes, marketing budgets and CGT examples with the arithmetic shown, plus checklists.
A quote from an agent or conveyancer only makes sense when you turn it into dollars for your own sale. These guides take one cost at a time and run the numbers in full: what is left from a sale after commission, marketing and the mortgage payout, how a flat fee compares with a percentage or tiered commission, how duty is calculated in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, what cash a buyer needs on top of the deposit, and how a partial main residence exemption works.
The net sale proceeds worked example is the starting point and links to every guide here. The selling costs calculator, the CGT partial exemption calculator and the two checklists let you plug in your own figures.
All prices, commission rates and fees in these examples are illustrative, not market prices, unless we say a figure comes from an official schedule. Agents' and conveyancers' fees are not regulated prices; get written quotes and compare them on the same basis.
Worked Cost Examples and Checklists
Percentage, flat-fee and tiered real estate commission compared in dollars at three sale prices, with the agent's incentive and a method to set a fair target price.
Worked Cost Examples and Checklists
Three worked examples of capital gains tax on a home that was rented out for part of the time, including the six-year rule and the market value rule, with the arithmetic shown.
Worked Cost Examples and Checklists
Who can do conveyancing in each state, what a conveyancing quote includes, professional fees versus disbursements, a worked quote comparison and when to use a solicitor.
Worked Cost Examples and Checklists
A practical method for comparing selling agents in Australia, with questions to ask, how to test price estimates against comparable sales and a weighted scoring example.
Worked Cost Examples and Checklists
A full worked example of the money left from an Australian home sale after commission, marketing, conveyancing, mortgage payout and settlement adjustments.
Worked Cost Examples and Checklists
What goes into a real estate marketing campaign in Australia, who pays, when it is payable, a worked budget comparison and the agreement clauses that decide your risk.
Worked Cost Examples and Checklists
Step-by-step transfer duty calculations at $500,000, $650,000 and $1.5 million in NSW, Victoria and Queensland, including owner-occupier rates, first home and foreign buyers.
Worked Cost Examples and Checklists
Every cost a home buyer pays besides the deposit, from stamp duty and registration fees to inspections, conveyancing and settlement adjustments, with two worked budgets.
