On 1 August 2025, Queensland’s property landscape fundamentally changed. The new seller disclosure regime applies to almost all freehold property sales—residential or commercial, freestanding or within a community titles scheme. This marks a clear move away from the traditional buyer beware model towards a framework where the seller must declare. The result: greater consistency and certainty for buyers, but also higher compliance risks for sellers.

Before you consider listing your business for sale, there are some key things you want to make sure are in order. Generally, many of the issues identified during a transaction can be resolved; however, checking everything before listing will assist your sale proceeding to go far smoother.

Unlike other conveyancing transactions, management rights matters have more parties than people realise and can often confuse: Who is who; Who can talk to who; and Why certain people cannot talk to others. It is a pretty important paradigm to understand and one that is often misunderstood, even by experienced advisers. Let’s take a look…