Settlement: what happens after you buy with a buyer's agent
Exchange is not the finish line. Settlement is the day money and keys move — and a buyer's agent who disappears at the handshake has sold you a moment, not a service.
6 May 2026
The campaign
Buying process
Auctions, private treaty, off-market stock, negotiation and settlement when a buyer's agent is in the room.
Cooling-off periods, private treaty and auction
Auctions in Australia generally have no cooling-off period. Private treaty often does — and the length depends on the state. Here is the high-level pattern, and why you still need your conveyancer to confirm the current rule.
22 April 2026
How buyer's agents negotiate a better price
Negotiation is not a personality. It is a file of comparable sales, a written brief, and a willingness to be the unpopular person in the room. Here is how a licensed buyer's agent actually works a private-treaty price — and why auction is a different sport.
8 April 2026
Off-market properties and how buyer's agents find them
Off-market stock is a method, not a miracle. A house that never hits Domain can still be fully priced — and it still needs inspections, a licence check and a contract you have actually read.
26 March 2026
Using a buyer's agent at auction
An Australian auction is usually binding the moment the hammer falls. Here is what a licensed buyer's agent actually does in the week before, on the day, and in the hour after you win — or walk away.
12 March 2026