{"id":1323,"date":"2017-05-24T11:06:27","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T01:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inspectmyhome.com.au\/blog\/?p=1323"},"modified":"2019-06-10T12:09:33","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T02:09:33","slug":"qld-first-homebuyers-rush-secure-20000-grant-june-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspectmyhome.com.au\/blog\/qld-first-homebuyers-rush-secure-20000-grant-june-30\/","title":{"rendered":"First homebuyers grant deadline approaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>QLD First homebuyers rush to secure $20,000 grant by June 30<\/em><\/p>\n<p>First home buyers are racing around the clock to secure the $20,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qld.gov.au\/housing\/buying-owning-home\/financial-help-concessions\/qld-first-home-grant\" rel=\"noopener\">Queensland first home owners grant<\/a> before it is cut by $5000 on June 30. Statewide there have been 4100 grants approved, totalling a whopping $82.5 million.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The current $20,000 grant is only available to people buying a new property, after the program which involved existing homes was scrapped in 2012.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1324 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspectmyhome.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/First-homebuyers-grant-300x141.jpg\" alt=\"$20000 Grant\" width=\"300\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inspectmyhome.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/First-homebuyers-grant-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.inspectmyhome.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/First-homebuyers-grant.jpg 327w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qld.gov.au\/housing\/buying-owning-home\/financial-help-concessions\/qld-first-home-grant\/first-home-eligibility-test\" rel=\"noopener\">Are you eligible? Click here to find out.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Treasurer Curtis Pitt will urge first home buyers to sign up for the $20,000 boost, before it is decreased again on July 1, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to make sure first home buyers know that this fund exists for them so that they grab this boosted $20,000 offer &#8211; an increase on the $15,000 previously available &#8211; while it&#8217;s on the table until the end of June and stimulate new construction and new jobs,&#8221; Mr Pitt said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These grants are helping Queenslanders achieve what otherwise they may not have been able to &#8211; the great Australian dream of owning your own home &#8211; while also generating jobs in the building industry and related sectors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So even though there is only a short time left, you absolutely can still get it done and get approval before June 30.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking to purchase a newly built home don&#8217;t forget to engage Inspect My Home to conduct a thorough <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspectmyhome.com.au\/handover-inspections-reports.html\">handover inspection<\/a> to ensure the property has been completed in a tradesman like a manner.<\/p>\n<p>To make a booking, you can call us on 1300 337 447 or make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspectmyhome.com.au\/booking.html\">a booking online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realestate.com.au\/news\/first-homebuyer-rush-to-secure-20000-grant-by-june-30\/?rsf=syn:news:nca:gcb:article\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read the full article <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QLD First homebuyers rush to secure $20,000 grant by June 30 First home buyers are racing around the clock to secure the $20,000 Queensland first home owners grant before it is cut by $5000 on June 30. 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