We are a more mobile society than ever. This page has information to help make moves as simple and painless as possible, whether inter-suburb, inter-city, inter-state or international.

Find sources of information for both rental accommodation and purchasing a home. Options cover major groups in these fields.

There is also access to information on planning help, removalists and services designed to make any move easier.

When moves require school transfers for your children, check the Enrolments and Choosing a School pages for further information and suggestions.

Housing Help

Housing

• Century 21 Real Estate
  Find an agent, ask an expert, home loans, more.
• Domain.com.au
  Search engine helps find places to rent, lease or buy.
• Eco Real Estate
  Helps you buy, sell, design and build environmentally friendly homes.
• Elders Real Estate
  Major chain across Australia. Use the search engine to access exactly what you want.
• First National
  Buy, sell, auction, rent. Outlook, resources, glossary, agent search.
• Harcourts
  Residential sales and rentals. Check the Tools at the bottom.
• Homehound [Housing]
  Real estate search engine. Choose an area, check homes it finds for you.
• Home Price
  The average price of houses in a given postcode or district area in Australia. Very limited Free information but the access rate is reasonable. Information provided is extensive.
• International Real Estate Digest
  Links to 50 000+ sites around the world. Good site to start if moving overseas.
• L J Hooker
  Residential sales and rentals. Check the Tips & Tools.
• McGrath Real Estate [Housing]
  Suburb information as well as housing lists.
• My Home
  ‘Myhome.com.au is a property site for buying, selling or renting a home in Australia’. Links to selling, finance, research, MyhomeTV, more.
• MyHouseHunt
  ‘MyHouseHunt will search for properties from over 200 agents and portals’. 3 step operation.
• Nestoria
  ‘The easiest way to find Australian real estate. Nestoria is a search engine for Australian real estate. Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for you to find your ideal property to rent or buy’.
• Professionals
  Good photographs as well as information.
• Properties Australia
  Database founded on links to more than a dozen chains across Australia.
• Property Post
  Links to real estate being sold privately.
• Raine and Horne
  Use the map to narrow your search.
• Ray White
  National chain of 500+ stores. Many useful tools on the site.
• Real Estate Australia
  Everything about relocation, down to where to get homewares. Check their Alphabetical Listing, by agency title, of real estate agents across Australia.
• Real Estate Bestseller
  You need to subscribe to access all details, but appears to be Free.
• Real Estate View
  Covers both purchase and rental, all states of Australia, multiple search options, specific types of accommodation, various calculators, various data, much more.
• RP Data
  ‘Since 1991, RP Data has been providing comprehensive information solutions to the Australian and New Zealand property industry’.
• Sell My Castle
  ‘Compare Real estate Agents. Get detailed proposals from agents and choose the right one’. A Free service. There are also links fro Rent My Castle and Buy My Castle.

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Rental Properties

• Di Jones
  Executive rentals in Sydney. High class rental accommodation.
• Focus Property Management
  A Sydney Property Management group who have a large clientele among tertiary students.
• Homehound [Rental]
  4 500+ agencies around Australia.
• Just Rent Sydney
  ‘We offer a large variety of rental accommodation around Sydney’.
• McGrath Real Estate [Rental]
  Suburb information as well as rental lists.
• Realtor Australia
  Literally billions worth of property covered.
• Rent.com.au
  Australia’s dedicated rental property website.
• Run Property
  Rental properties, mainly in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne.
  Previously listed as Rental Hotline.
• Rent-A-Home
  1 000+ properties to rent around Australia. Holiday to executive styles.
• Share Accommodation
  ‘Easyroommate is a leading share accommodation & flatmates website in Australia with more than 25 000 ads and thousands of profiles with pictures to view’.
• Sydney Real Estate Classifieds
  Rentals, house sitting, house swapping, share accommodation, sales, furniture removal, storage information.
• Tenants
  Information about rights and obligations if you are a tenant. Applies to New South Wales, but would be similar across Australia.

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Moving Help

Financial Information

• Bank Choice
  Home loans, calculators, other areas of banking.
• For Home Buyers
  Framework for getting the best home loan to suit your needs.
• Mortgage Choice
  ‘The site contains a lot of useful features [e.g. Calculators, Interest rates table] and information that will add value to anyone who is looking to buy their first home, investment propert[y] or just refinance’.
• Resi Home Loans
  ‘Home Loans, Property Investment, Calculators [multiple] & Advice’.
• Your Mortgage
  Mortgages, especially how to make them work for you and be as small as possible.

Furniture Removalists

• Australian Furniture Removalist’s Association
  List of members, contact details. Gives some guarantee of quality.
• Australian International Movers Association
  Find members around Australia, other useful links, more.
• Australian Removalists
  Use a 3-step procedure to find multiple removalists who could handle your move. Brief descriptions of each company. Seek quotes as desired.
• Men That Move Things
  ‘Sydney-based removalists specialising in studio, one and two bedroom apartments, small office removals and last minute on call removals’.
• Moveworx
  ‘MoveWorx is focussed on ensuring each and every customer has a stress free, easy move. We want you to be happy enough with us that you will tell your friends and family. After all that’s exactly how our business has grown. Operating out of their office and warehouse facilities in Seven Hills, MoveWorx services the entire Sydney basin with weekly trips to regional and interstate locations’.
• Moving to Australia
  If you are looking to move to Australia, this group may be the answer to all your shipping and possible storage needs as well as Customs help and more.
• Ozremovals
  ‘Your one-stop online directory of Furniture Removalists, Taxi Trucks and Storage Centres in Australia’.
• Removals Services
  ‘Interstate Furniture Removal services and Backloading provided by Interstate removalists companies at an affordable price’.
• SydneyCityRemovalists
  ‘Professional, reliable and affordable removalists across Sydney for apartments homes and offices’.

Other Links

• Addresschange
  ‘The addresschange kit offers a one-stop solution to changing your address. It has all the necessary forms and contacts in an easy to use D-I-Y kit’.
• Australian Property Monitors
  Demographic snapshots covering e.g. public transport, housing types, religions, etc..
• Building & Pest Inspections
  If buying a new home this should be an essential step to ensure you get what you are paying for.
• Compare Quotes
  Compare quotes in a number of areas including moving [national and international] and storage. Other areas may also be helpful.
• Conveyancing Solicitor NSW
  Access a conveyancer who will handle your house sale or purchase for a flat fee. Links page has some interesting inclusions.
• eMove
  Change address, connect, disconnect utilities, arrange removal quotes, more. Registration required.
• MagicMovers
  This page has links to furniture removal and packaging tips. There are other tips and resources and they also do residential removals.
• Moving House With a Pet
  Article covering several sections.
• Moving Services
  Australia Post. Work with mail services, utilities, mover’s kit, checklists, hints & tips, use their services directory.
• Moving Tracker
  ‘Moving Tracker is a free service that makes moving house simple. Move me allows you to coordinate and manage your entire move including cleaning services, moving notifications, utility connections and address change notifications’.
• Queensland Building & Pest Reports^™
  ‘Queensland Building & Pest Reports are dedicated to providing professional and independent building inspections and pest reports, pre-purchase property inspections and property reports’.
• Self Storage Association of Australasia
  If you need to store goods. Find a registered self storage business, use the space calculator, find specialist storage, check their resources.
• Telstra Moving Home
  Transfer phone, mobile and internet if they are with Telstra, through this site. This site from Optus does the same.
• Wotprice
  ‘The easiest way to get an idea of what your property is worth by comparing it to other properties in your area’.

Planning Help

• Buying
  Real Estate Institute. Covers buying, auctions [FAQs], selling, rent/lease, costs associated, glossary, more.
• Buying Information
  Help about buying, selling, leasing, building, renovation, moving, even investing in property.
• Century 21 - Buying Advice
  Learn how to buy, finance, moving help, more. There is also a section on Selling Advice that is similar. The Australian branch’s Selling & Buying Tips can be found here.
• Monster Moving
  Much is American but there is a great planner which could prove useful.
• Moving Hints
  ‘Community-based non-affiliated site devoted to answering basic questions about a painful necessity of life - moving’. US based but much still relevant.
• Selling A Property
  How to get the best price and sell the quickest.

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