Conveyancing Fees NSW 2026: What Sydney Conveyancers and Solicitors Publish

How much are conveyancing fees in NSW?

$1,850 was the median published buying fee across 8 firms, with the lowest at $995 (Allenby Legal) and the highest at $2,750 (Mikhael Lawyers). Selling had a median of $2,200 across 7 firms, from $880 to $2,750. All figures include GST.

The summary is computed in code from the table below. A fee that a firm quotes without GST is multiplied by 1.10, the 10% GST rate on business.gov.au. Firms that do not say whether GST is included, firms whose page does not split buying from selling, and firms that sell a bundle of professional work and searches are shown in the table but left out of the range. This is a count of published prices. It is not a market average and not a quote for your purchase.

Published buying fees, lowest to highest

This is a selected sample of published prices. Scope differs between firms, so two identical fees do not mean identical service. The spread is wide: the highest fee is more than twice the lowest. Bundles and firms that do not state GST are not in the chart.

What do Sydney conveyancers and solicitors charge?

$995 to $2,750 for a buying fee we could compare, and $880 to $2,750 for selling, GST included. The table lists all 13 firms whose own site publishes a fixed fee. Some are Sydney practices and some are statewide online providers that serve NSW.

A fee marked as added on top has GST on top of the figure shown. Seed Legal’s page shows a timestamp of 19 September 2025, so its figure is older than the rest. WeDo Legal’s fee is for an established property up to $1.5 million. Prices can change without notice, so confirm the figure in writing.

Which firms are left out of the range, and why

Several of the bundles sit near the middle of the range, which makes them look like ordinary professional fees. They are not. Allied Conveyancing, East West Conveyancing and DSP Law include searches or disclosure documents in the price, so their fee buys more than the bare professional work the others quote.

Should I use a licensed conveyancer or a solicitor in NSW?

Both are allowed. NSW Government guidance says conveyancing work is done by a licensed conveyancer, or by a legal practitioner, incorporated legal practice or solicitor corporation. Licensing sits under the Conveyancers Licensing Act 2003. Our table does not show that one group is always cheaper.

Queensland works differently: paid conveyancing there goes through a law practice. See the Queensland conveyancing fees page if you are buying across the border. Whichever provider you choose, the written scope matters more than the label. A standard purchase and a purchase with a complex title are different jobs.

What is included in a NSW conveyancing fee?

A fixed fee covers an agreed scope: contract review and advice, exchange, enquiries and settlement. Searches, certificates, PEXA and registry fees are usually extra. A few firms put specified searches inside the fee, which is why we separate them as bundles.

How much does conveyancing cost for a Sydney apartment?

Only two firms in our table publish a separate unit price, and both are bundles. Allied Conveyancing charges $1,760 for a house and $1,870 for a unit. DSP Law charges $1,399 for a house and $1,399 or $1,519 for a unit. The unit price is higher or equal, never lower.

Apartment buyers add strata work. A records inspection, certificates and legal review of the strata documents are different things, so ask which of them the quote covers. Most firms in the table do not publish a separate unit schedule, so ask for a written quote for your unit.

Do conveyancers charge for every contract I review?

Practice varies, and most fee pages say little. Domium and Zettle describe a standard contract review as part of the fee, WeDo Legal lists a review in its standard scope, Ready Settle Go offers contract reviews and Mikhael Lawyers credits a purchase review towards its fee. Ask before you send a second or third contract.

The question that matters while house hunting is the total cost across every property you review, not the fee for the one you buy. Ask how many reviews are covered, what an extra review costs and whether a review is credited if you go on to buy.

How much does conveyancing cost when selling in NSW?

$2,200 was the median published selling fee across 7 firms, from $880 to $2,750, GST included. Many NSW firms charge the same fee to buy and sell. Check whether the sale fee covers contract preparation, exchange and settlement.

Ready Settle Go does not publish a separate selling fee, so it is not in the selling range. The bundles, Lawscape and Conveyancing Shop are left out for the reasons given above.

What registry, council and water fees do I pay on top of the conveyancing fee?

NSW Land Registry Services charges $182.73 to register the transfer and $182.73 to register a mortgage, both GST included. PEXA publishes $146.30 for a single title transfer. In the City of Sydney area a rates certificate is $105 and a Sydney Water conveyancing certificate is $9.81.

PEXA is a private electronic settlement platform, not a government charge. A statutory fee is what the council or registry sets. A search provider can charge more for ordering it, so ask what you are being charged and by whom. A planning certificate is often supplied with the contract, so check before you pay for one. Some firm pages still show older PEXA figures, so use PEXA’s own page.

Registry fees are flat in NSW. The transfer and mortgage registration together are $365.46 at any price. Transfer duty is a separate state tax that does depend on price: use the stamp duty calculator.

What does a typical first home purchase cost in conveyancing and registry fees?

$2,476.57 is the total of known costs for a purchase with a loan in the City of Sydney area, at the median published fee. It is $1,621.57 at the lowest fee and $3,376.57 at the highest. Transfer duty, deposit, reports, a planning certificate and settlement adjustments are not included.

Every line comes from a figure on this page. Registry fees are flat, so the total does not depend on the price. Other councils set their own certificate fees. A planning certificate is left out because it is often supplied with the contract. Your own quote will differ.

Why is my settlement payment higher than my conveyancing bill?

Your cash shortfall is the purchase price plus unpaid transaction costs and settlement adjustments, less the deposit already paid, available loan funds and other funds already credited. Your conveyancer’s bill is only one part of those costs. In NSW the settlement statement also shows the flat registry fees and PEXA.

How long is the NSW cooling off period and what does cancelling cost?

Five business days after exchange for an ordinary sale, ending at 5 pm on the fifth business day after the day of exchange. If you use it, 0.25% of the purchase price is payable, which is $2,000 on $800,000. Off the plan contracts have 10 business days. There is no cooling off at auction, or on exchange that day after the property is passed in, and none when it is validly waived. The 0.25% is not a conveyancing fee.

What the contract stage means for your fee

Review comes before exchange, which is why review allowances matter. Cooling off starts after exchange, so the cheapest time to find a problem is before you sign. NSW Government guidance tells buyers to ask for an itemised statement of the likely costs before work starts.

Council and water certificates are part of the contract and settlement checks. Some come attached to the contract, and some are ordered for settlement. The fee table tells you what a firm quotes. The certificate prices in the registry section tell you what the official bodies charge.

What do I ask for in a NSW conveyancing quote?

NSW Government guidance tells buyers to ask for an itemised statement of the likely costs in writing before work starts. In NSW the quote should also show whether the provider is a licensed conveyancer or a law practice, and which council and Sydney Water certificates are inside the fee.

What traps catch people comparing NSW conveyancing quotes?

The biggest NSW trap is comparing a bare professional fee with a bundle such as Allied Conveyancing, East West Conveyancing or DSP Law, which have searches or documents inside. Others are old page dates and fees that apply only up to a price cap.

• GST silence is not GST included. Conveyancing Shop and Allied Conveyancing show prices without saying. We leave them out of the range.
• Bundles and professional fees are different things. We never pool them into one median.
• Old PEXA and registry numbers. Some firm pages show a PEXA figure of $140.58 or a registry figure from an earlier year. Use PEXA and NSW Land Registry Services for current prices.
• Old page dates. One firm’s page shows a timestamp of 19 September 2025. Ask whether the price has changed.
• Price caps. One firm’s standard fee applies to an established property up to $1.5 million.
• A fee that does not say buying or selling. One firm publishes a single standard matter fee, so we cannot tell which side it covers.
• A planning certificate you already have. Do not pay for the same document twice.

How did we check these fees?

We read the own fee pages of 13 NSW firms on 28 October 2026 and copied the figures each publishes. NSW Land Registry Services, City of Sydney, Sydney Water and PEXA supplied the registry, council, water and platform charges.

• A fee counts in the range only if it is a professional fee, the firm states GST, and the side (buying or selling) is clear.
• GST exclusive fees are multiplied by 1.10 so every counted fee is on one basis.
• The lowest, median and highest are calculated in code from the counted rows. With an even number of firms the median is the mean of the middle two.
• A firm is authoritative for its own advertised fee, not for government fees or the wider market. This is not a representative survey and it is not a recommendation of any firm.
• Pages that show no date are marked “No date shown”. We do not substitute a copyright year.

For the national picture and the other states, see our guide to what conveyancing is and what it costs. The Queensland conveyancing fees page uses the same method for Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

Questions people ask about conveyancing fees in NSW

Sources

How we checked: every figure on this page was read on the official source pages listed below on 28 October 2026.