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Home Buyers Concession
From 1 July 2022, the amount of the home buyer concession is capped. Maximum concession amount is $34,270.
Factors such as previous property ownership, property value, income & number of dependants are all considered.
To see if you are eligible, visit here.
Off the plan units - from 1 April 2022
For contracts exchanged on or after 1 April 2022, there is no stamp duty on off-the-plan unit (unit-titled apartment and townhouses) owner occupier purchases valued at $600,000 or less.
Owner occupier duty concession
The ACT Government is offering stamp duty concessions in the ACT for some home buyers planning to live in their new property. Note these are separate from a new owner occupier base rate for stamp duty.
For more information on Owner Occupier duty concession, see here.
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First Home Buyer Choice
First Home Buyer Choice (FHBC) is now closed.
First Home Buyers Assistance
If your First Home is and is a new or existing property, you will pay $0 duty below $800,000 and then a reduced amount between $800,000 and $1,000,000. Your stamp duty will be: $
First Home Owner Grant (New Homes).
A $10,000 First Home Owner Grant (FHOG) is available when you buy or build your first new home.
Your first new home can be a house, townhouse, apartment, unit or similar that is newly built, purchased off the plan or substantially renovated.
How much can I spend?
If you purchase a newly built house, townhouse, apartment, unit or similar the purchase price must not exceed $600,000. More information here
For all other grants and schemes please click here.
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If you are eligible for the Principal Place of Residence Rebate, the Stamp Duty on your property would be $. Click here for full details.
From 1 January 2015, FHOG of $26,000 will only be available to first home buyers who enter into a contract to construct or purchase a new home, or commence construction of a new home, on or after that date.
For details on the First Home Owner Grant Click here.
Principal Place of Residence Rebate
The Northern Territory Government provides a stamp duty Principal Place of Residence Rebate (PPRR) to persons purchasing a new home or land on which to build a home.The PPRR is not available to persons eligible for the First Home Owner Grant or the stamp duty First Home Owner Discount or Senior, Pensioner and Carer Concession.
First Home Owner Discount.From 1 September 2016, the Northern Territory Government introduced increased stamp duty assistance for first home buyers who purchase an established home in the Northern Territory up to the value of $650 000.
For calculations and details on the First Home Owner Discount Click here.
Visit the Department of Treasury & Finance web site for all Home Owner Incentives.
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Home Builder Grant The HomeBuilder grant is closed to new applications.
The Queensland First Home Owners' Grant is a state government initiative to help first home owners to get their new first home sooner.
If your contract is dated 1 July 2018 or later, you can get the Queensland grant of $15,000 towards buying or building your new house, unit or townhouse (valued at less than $750,000). The grant is paid per new home; not to each of the applicants for the same home.
All the details on Financial help and incentives here.
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2024-25 State Budget removes the property value cap for first home owner grant for eligible contracts entered into on or after 6 June 2024
For full details please view this page.
2024-25 State Budget removes the property value cap for stamp duty relief for eligible first home buyers for contracts to purchase a new home or vacant land entered into on or after 6 June 2024
For full details please view this page.
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First Home Owner Grant
A first home owner grant is available to eligible applicants who purchase or build a new home in Tasmania from 1 July 2016. A new home is a home that has not previously been occupied or sold as a place of residence and includes kit homes.
The amount of the grant is determined by the date that the eligible transaction commenced.
Transactions commencing from 1 July 2024 will be eligible for $10 000.
Transactions that commenced between 1 April 2021 and 30 June 2024 will be eligible for $30 000.
Please see here for further details.
Duty exemption between 18 February 2024 to 30 June 2026
The exemption provides an exemption from property transfer duty for first home buyers of established homes which have a dutiable value of $750 000 or less which settle (i.e. transfers that complete) between 18 February 2024 to 30 June 2026 inclusive. See eligibility here.
Calculations to the right do not show discount.
Duty concession for pensioners downsizing to a new home factsheet
Provides a 50 per cent property transfer duty concession until 30 June 2025 to eligible pensioners who sell their existing home and downsize to a new home valued at $600 000 or lower.
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First Home Owner Grant
If you are buying or building a new home valued up to $750,000, you may be eligible for a First Home Owner Grant (FHOG). If you are eligible for the FHOG and the home you are buying is in regional Victoria, you will receive $20,000.
If the home is not in regional Victoria, the grant is $10,000. The home must be less than five years old to be eligible for the FHOG.
Exemptions and Concessions
- First-home buyer duty exemption or concession - a one-off duty exemption for a PPR valued up to $600,000, or a concession for a PPR with a dutiable value from $600,001 to $750,000. This duty exemption/concession is separate and distinct from the First Home Owner Grant. The grant is a payment made to you, whereas the first home buyer duty exemption/concession is a reduction in the amount of land transfer duty you pay.
- Off-the-plan concession - a duty concession for an off-the-plan property, either as a land and building package, or as a refurbished lot.
- Pensioner concession - a one-off duty exemption or concession for a new or established home valued up to $750,000.
- Principal place of residence (PPR) concession - a duty concession for when a property you buy, valued up to $550,000, is intended as your primary home.
- First-home owner with family exemption/concession - a one-off duty exemption or concession for properties valued at $200,000 or less.
- Young farmer's exemption/concession - a one-off duty exemption/concession for young farmers buying their first farmland property.
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First Home Owner Grant Boost
December 2016
The Government has announced a $5,000 boost for first home owners eligible to receive the grant where a contract to purchase or construct a new home is entered into in 2017. The FHOB will now finish on June 30th 2017.
Full details here.
First Home Owner Grant and Duty Concession details can be found here.