How much does a conveyancer cost in Australia?

Working out what conveyancing will actually cost is one of the first practical questions almost every buyer or seller has, and the honest answer is that there is no single national price list. Fees are set individually by each conveyancer or solicitor and vary by state, by the complexity of the transaction, and by whether you are buying or selling. That said, the ranges reported across the industry in 2026 are consistent enough to give a realistic starting point before collecting quotes of your own.

Professional fees for a standard residential purchase commonly range from around $500 to $3,000 for a licensed conveyancer, and somewhere between $1,500 and $3,200 or more for a solicitor, depending on the state and how complicated the transaction turns out to be. Licensed conveyancers are generally the cheaper option for a straightforward purchase or sale, though a solicitor's broader legal training can matter for transactions with extra complications — our separate article on conveyancers versus solicitors goes into that distinction in more detail.

Location makes a real difference to the professional fee too. In New South Wales, metropolitan fees commonly sit between $1,000 and $3,000, with regional areas typically a bit cheaper at around $800 to $2,200. Victoria commonly ranges from $600 to $1,400, Queensland from $500 to $1,300, and South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and the ACT commonly sit somewhere between $700 and $1,600. These are professional-fee ranges only, before the additional costs described below.

On top of the professional fee, most conveyancing quotes include separate disbursements — the actual out-of-pocket costs for title searches, council and water searches, registration fees and electronic settlement platform charges, commonly totalling $300 to $800. Some practices bundle these into a single fixed-fee package, while others list them as a separate line item on top of the professional fee, so a quote that looks cheaper at first glance can end up costing about the same once disbursements are added. Reported figures across the industry suggest a typical all-in cost for a purchase handled by a conveyancer commonly lands somewhere around $1,400 to $1,800 once professional fees and disbursements are combined, though this is a broad planning figure rather than a quote for any specific transaction.

A handful of other factors reliably move the price beyond the base ranges above. Selling is generally somewhat cheaper to have conveyanced than buying, since there is typically less searching and due diligence involved. More complex transactions — an off-the-plan purchase, a strata title, a deceased estate, or a title with unusual conditions — commonly cost more than a standard established-property purchase, which our separate article on off-the-plan conveyancing covers in more detail. Online or largely digital conveyancing practices commonly charge somewhat less than traditional practices, often reported as roughly 10 to 20 percent cheaper, though service and availability can differ between the two models.

None of the figures above are a quote for your own transaction, and this article is general information rather than a specific cost estimate or financial advice. The most reliable way to know what your transaction will actually cost is to ask a couple of licensed conveyancers or solicitors for an itemised quote that separates the professional fee from disbursements, so you can compare like with like — our directory lists Australian conveyancers and property solicitors by area if you are ready to start that comparison.

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