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The best way to sell your home without an agent in Australia (2026 guide)

Every way to sell your house privately, without an agent, in Australia: what each costs, the legal steps in your state, and how to choose.

Ben Williams · Updated October 2026

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State Guides · 22 min

How to Sell Your House Privately in the Northern Territory (NT & Darwin): 2026 Guide

How to sell a house privately in the Northern Territory: pricing, the approved contract, cooling-off, pool paperwork, advertising, offers, settlement and costs, for Darwin, Palmerston, Alice Springs and regional NT.

Ben Williams · 7 November 2026

Expert contributor · 7 min

Overpriced in a falling market? A buyer’s advocate explains why she calls on day one

Advertised prices on Unreserved fell 5% on average within four weeks of launch. PIPA Chair Cate Bakos on how buyers test your price in week one and what makes them pay more.

Ben Williams · 5 November 2026

Expert contributor · 9 min

Ask a buyer’s advocate: what private sellers get wrong, from the other side of the table

Phone photos, hard-to-book inspections and who does the negotiating. PIPA Chair Cate Bakos on what private sellers get wrong, seen from the buyer's side.

Ben Williams · 5 November 2026

Selling Tips · 21 min

Selling Your First Home Early: What Happens If You Sell Within 1–5 Years?

Can you sell your first home after six months or a year? What happens to your First Home Owner Grant, stamp duty concession, 5% Deposit Scheme or Help to Buy share, your mortgage and CGT, and what you'd have left.

Ben Williams · 5 November 2026

Selling Tips · 22 min

Capital Gains Tax When Selling an Investment Property in Australia

How capital gains tax works when you sell an investment property in Australia: the calculation, the cost base, the 50% discount, the six-year rule, and the new indexation and 30% minimum tax rules from 1 July 2027.

Ben Williams · 3 November 2026

Selling Tips · 22 min

Selling a Property With Tenants: A Complete Australian Guide

You can sell a rental with the tenant still living there. What happens to the lease, whether to sell tenanted or vacant, tenant rights in each state, and how to handle notices, inspections, rent and bond.

Ben Williams · 29 October 2026

Selling Tips · 22 min

Selling an Investment Property in Australia: Tax, Tenants, Costs & Timing

The sale price isn't your profit. How to work out what you'd walk away with, handle the tenancy, understand capital gains tax before and after 1 July 2027, and keep selling costs down.

Ben Williams · 27 October 2026

AI and property · 6 min

Portals know what buyers click. Nobody knows why they walk away.

REA is already inside ChatGPT. But the information that decides your sale price, why buyers offer or walk away, has never sat with the portals.

Ben Williams · 20 October 2026

Selling Tips · 23 min

Selling Land in Australia: How to Sell Your Land and Get the Best Price

How to sell land in Australia: what sets its value, how zoning, overlays and services change the price, who buys land, how to advertise it, and the CGT, GST and legal points to check first.

Ben Williams · 20 October 2026

State Guides · 27 min

Selling a House Privately in Victoria (VIC & Melbourne): Complete Guide for 2026

How to sell a house privately in Victoria: the Section 32, the due diligence checklist, pricing, marketing, cooling-off, settlement and costs, including the 2026 and 2027 rule changes.

Ben Williams · 17 October 2026

Selling Tips · 18 min

Selling a Townhouse: A Complete Guide for Australian Homeowners

How to sell a townhouse in Australia: confirm what you legally own, price it against the right comparables, target the right buyer, get your state's documents right and keep more of the sale price.

Ben Williams · 16 October 2026

Selling Tips · 17 min

How to Sell an Apartment in Australia: A Complete Guide

Selling an apartment means selling the building too. How to price a unit, prepare your strata or body corporate documents, reach the right buyers and keep selling costs down.

Ben Williams · 16 October 2026

Expert contributor · 8 min

Ask a settlement agent: how selling in WA really works

No cooling-off, disclosure after the contract, and a finance clause that stays on foot. Nine questions to a Perth settlement agent on how WA sales work.

Ben Williams · 14 October 2026

Market Data · 17 min

Purplebricks Australia: What Happened, Why It Failed & What It Changed

Purplebricks launched in Australia in 2016 with a fixed fee and left in 2019. We mapped 5,610 of its Australian listings to see where it worked and why the business didn't last.

Ben Williams · 7 October 2026

Expert contributor · 11 min

Ask the head of mortgage broking: what home owners should know before they buy, sell or refinance

Thirteen questions to the MFAA's CEO on why brokers now write 81.6% of Australian home loans, whether you pay for one, and when to get finance ready in a sale.

Ben Williams · 7 October 2026