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Buying a Home – FAQ’s

18 May 2022

Buying Home Investment Land Residential

Buying a home is the biggest investment you’ll ever make. And you don’t do it often! That means there’s often a heap of questions…What do you have to think about? How can I prepare? That’s where we can help! Property is our jam, our passion. So, we’ve prepared a list of common questions and some […]

Toppling Furniture & Your Rental

18 May 2022

Buying Home Investment Land Renting Residential Tenant

In late 2021, the life of one West Australian family was changed forever when a child was fatally injured by falling furniture. As an industry, and an agency, the health and safety of our community is paramount! So, we wanted to take this chance to remind you about some recent changes to the Residential Tenancies […]

Building an Investment Property

3 March 2022

Buying Investment Landlord Residential

Home & land is one of our specialties here at Hanson Property. A large part of that is helping investors – from buying a block, right through to the completion of their home and renting it out. How? We come with you along the journey, providing up to date market analyses along the way, including […]

Changes to the HomeBuilder Grant

19 April 2021

Buying Residential

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Federal Government implemented a number of initiatives to stimulate the economy. One of these initiatives was the HomeBuilder Grant which was launched from 4 June 2020. Over the weekend, the Government announced some important changes to the construction requirements for the Grant. They’ve announced that the construction commencement […]

Government building grants

8 June 2020

Buying Home Land

Stop. The. Press. Did you know that you could receive up to $55,000 towards your new home? Or up to $25,000 renovations? Well you can! The HomeBuilder and Building Bonus grants recently launched by the Federal & State Governments offer the chance to receive considerable contributions towards building or renovating homes in WA. The incentives […]

GST Withholding

22 April 2019

Buying Land

Goods & Services Tax…aka the GST. It’s everywhere. At the shops, when you pay a contractor, when you buy online – the list goes on. And it now also impacts property transactions by way of GST withholding. But what is it? And how does it impact you when buying residential property? GST Withholding On July […]

All about Titles

14 January 2019

Buying Land

Titles. The epicentre of our industry. You can’t buy, sell or let a property without one – everything revolves around them. A title is the official record of your property ownership. It outlines the details of the owner/s, any mortgages or caveats (more on that in a later blog) against the property and any restrictions […]

The age of e-conveyancing

13 November 2018

Buying Home Selling

This day in age, just about everything can be done electronically. Money can be transferred from the palm of your hand. Mail can be sent from a computer instead of the post. You can even read the newspaper or your favourite magazine online. Property settlements are one thing that you couldn’t do electronically. Until now! […]

Settlement Agent vs Conveyancer

16 October 2018

Buying Selling

What is a settlement agent? What is a conveyancer? Do I need one? Or both? Some common questions for those buying property, particularly first home buyers getting into the market. So…Let’s start from the beginning. Let’s say you’ve bought a block of land in Vasse or a home in Abbey, for example. From here, there […]