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The One Club Journal

Gold Coast property,
written plainly.

Long-form guides on what selling actually costs, how to price a home so buyers respond, how agencies structure fees, and where the 2026 market is moving, written to be useful whether you sell with us or not.

Cairns & Port Douglas · 8 min read
How much does it cost to sell a house in Cairns in 2026?
Commission, marketing, conveyancing and the line items Cairns sellers forget, with realistic numbers for an $800K sale and where the savings actually sit.
Cairns & Port Douglas · 9 min read
Best suburbs to buy in Cairns and Port Douglas in 2026
Where buyers are actually moving across Far North Queensland this year, by lifestyle, value and growth, from the Northern Beaches to Port Douglas and the Tablelands.
Cairns & Port Douglas · 7 min read
Selling through the wet: how to time a Cairns campaign
The dry-season buyer wave, wet-season presentation, and why remote buyers make the calendar matter less than most Cairns sellers think.
2026-04-08 · 6 min read
Cheap doesn't mean bad. It means fair.
Why a 1% commission is the right price for real work, not a discount on the service, but a correction to a fee that was set before technology did half the job.
2026-02-14 · 8 min read
How much does it cost to sell a house on the Gold Coast in 2026?
A full breakdown of commission, marketing, conveyancing and the line items most sellers forget, and why the agent's fee is rarely the biggest number on the page.
2026-03-02 · 9 min read
Best suburbs to buy on the Gold Coast in 2026
Where buyers are actually moving this year, broken down by lifestyle, value and growth potential, from the southern end up to the hinterland.
2026-03-18 · 7 min read
How to prepare your Gold Coast home for sale
A pragmatic two-week checklist for Gold Coast sellers: where presentation money pays back, and where it almost never does.
2026-04-01 · 6 min read
Why 1% commission doesn't mean less service
The traditional 2–3% agency model was built for a different era. Here's how lower overheads, better tools and a tighter team actually improve the seller experience, not degrade it.
2026-04-15 · 5 min read
Why we don't inflate appraisals to win listings
The most common trick in the Australian real estate playbook, and the single biggest reason honest sellers end up selling for less than they should.
2026-04-22 · 7 min read
What Gold Coast sellers get wrong about listing portals
realestate.com.au, Domain and Homely sit at the top of most campaign budgets, here's how their pricing tiers actually work, which ones matter on the Gold Coast, and where the money is usually wasted.