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At Searchfirst, our aim is to give you access to all sorts of useful and important information that you may never have thought was so easy or affordable to obtain.

If you need information but not necessarily advice, why pay a solicitor or other professional hundreds of dollars when you can order an identical search at wholesale rates?

With 15 years legal searching experience, we know information is everything and how to go about finding it for you and delivering it to you without the expensive overheads.

We've strived to make our site clear and easy-to-use, with easy ordering and fast reponse times - and we really hope you like it!

We're confident you'll not find a more friendly way to find the information you're looking for.

Casual and one-off orders are welcome, and we've included the most common and popular searches in our Pick'n'Click Web Stores.

If you're a power searcher and search everyday, learn more about:

Professional Grade On-line Information Services

Searchfirst Pro is an enhanced product geared toward industry professionals that delivers the most comprehensive range of live and off-line information in Australia today, all from within the one portal at very competitive pricing.

Searchfirst (including our Pro portal) is an authorised Channel Partner of GlobalX Information Services Pty Ltd ABN 99 073 436 414.

We source all our information exclusively from GlobalX - unquestionably Australia's leading information broker.

If you have any questions or would like any further information, please contact us.

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When dealing with a valuable asset like real estate, it's important you do everything you can to ensure you've got the whole story before you commit. Make sure you search first - it's the surest way you can protect yourself.

Being armed with relevant and current information about the property can make all the difference and help protect you, your family, your assets and your investment.

If you're researching a particular property, street or suburb, want information about your own property or doing your own conveyancing, search first - before it's too late.

With our easy Pick'n'Click Shopping Cart, you can order the most popular types of searches, pay with your credit card or PayPal account, and have the results delivered to your inbox in a matter of hours.

Choose from: Title Searches, Registered and Strata Plans, Titles Office Documents, Valuation and Sales Data, Aerial Maps and more.

Perfect for: Conveyancing, Pre-purchase Research, Wills & Estates, Property Enquiries, Boundary Information, Investment Research...


Current Title Search - Information from the Land Titles Office that includes registered owner, the real property description, encumbrances (mortgages, caveats, easements, covenants) and other administrative advices. If you're investigating a particular property for any reason, a Current Title Search should be first on your list. It provides the necessary information you need to order more in-depth searches.



Historical Title Search - Similar to a current title search, but also provides historical information. Useful to track ownership changes, for example.

Registered Plan - Like a map of the subject land that provides the drawings prepared by a Surveyor that established the block when the plan was registered. Provides specific boundary measurements, whereabouts of marker pins, layout of easements etc. If buying property or using a property as security, this search is a must to confirm that the subject property is one-and-the-same as detailed in any documentation. For example - if you're looking at a particular house or land, you can make a visual comparison to the registered plan to make sure it's the same property.



Dealings - Easement - Not a map, but the easement document gives the wording of the purpose of the easement. Easements can benefit or encumber the land. Easements should always be investigated fully as they can restrict any future building, development or other dealings with the land.



Dealings - Transfer - Provides a copy of the document that changed ownership of the land. Provides names, dates, duty payments, signatures and purchase price or reason for change of ownership.



Dealings - Mortgage - Provides a copy of a mortgage document.



Aerial Photo - Like a Google Maps satellite photo, but provides official property boundaries imposed over official land titles satellite images. Useful if planning new fencing or building additions, or if there is an adjacent vacant lot to get an idea of exactly what the property boundaries are. Also a useful tool to get an idea of what nearby properties may be comprised of - e.g. future possible subdivisions where a property that looks like one large lot may be comprised of several separate titles able to be developed or sold-off individually without consultation or Council approval.



Queensland Valuation and Sales Data - Various searches are available that provide Valuer General's and Titles Office data. Land Tax and Council Rates are calculated from the Valuer General's valuations (this is the value of the land only, and does not include any improvements (buildings etc)). You can also access data relative to the sales history of a property including last sale price and date, historical sales data that includes all available recorded sale prices and dates and other property information. See the samples below to decide what searches suit your information needs. These searches are a useful tool for property investors and owners to investigate and evaluate property values and ascertain the sales history of a property.




Home Price Guide (Premium) - This Property Report is used by some of Australia's largest financial institutions and real estate agents to estimate the value of an individual property.

With each Property Report, you will receive:

• Current market price estimate - Decide what to offer or see if your asking price is too low?
• Forecasted price estimate - Should you buy/sell now, or in a year’s time?
• Sales history for the property (if available) - Find out when the home has been sold in the past and what price was paid over time.
• Median price trends for the suburb (if available) - Compare the value of this property to the suburb median price.
• Auction clearance rates for the suburb.
• Comparable homes sold - Compare the value of your property to others in the neighbourhood*.

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Home Price Guide (Postcode Level) - The Postcode Report will help you estimate the true value of real estate for any suburb or postcode. Each report lists the prices paid for residential property within the past 12 or 24 months for a suburb(s) or postcode(s) of your choice.

• Up-to-date Auction Results for the last 12 or 24 months,including the price each property last sold for. And if the property didn’t sell at the auction, we’ll tell you the highest bid (if available).
• Private Treaty sales results for the last 12 or 24 months,including the exact price the property sold for & when the sale was made.
• The address of the property(except Victoria) including street name and number, which will allow you to drive by and inspect the residence.
• Descriptive detail((if available), such as the numbers of bedroom and bathroom, land size, parking space, construction material, selling agent etc.
• The method of sale – eg. was the property sold after the auction?

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Home Price Guide (Street Level) - Each report lists the prices paid for residential property within the past 15 years for a street(s) of your choice.

• Up-to-date Auction Results for up to the last 15 years, including the price each property last sold for. And if the property didn’t sell at the auction, we’ll tell you the highest bid (if available).
• Private Treaty sales results for up to 15 years, including the exact price the property sold for & when the sale was made.
• The address of the property(except Victoria) including street name and number, which will allow you to drive by and inspect the residence.
• The type of property sold – house, unit, block of land, townhouse or villa?
• Descriptive detail(if available) such as the numbers of bedroom and bathroom, land size, parking space, construction material, selling agent etc.
• The method of sale – eg. was the property sold after the auction?

Full PDF Sample

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When dealing with people, it's important you do everything you can to ensure you've got the whole story before you commit. Make sure you search first - it's the surest way you can protect yourself.

Being armed with relevant and current information about a person can make all the difference and help protect you, your family, your assets and your investment.

Find a person's address, who owns a property or who lives at an address, find out if someone owns any real esate, is involved with any companies or businesses and check their credit history. Search first - before it's too late.

With our easy Pick'n'Click Shopping Cart, you can order the most popular types of searches, pay with your credit card or PayPal account, and have the results delivered to your inbox in a matter of hours.

Choose from: Person Locator, Address & Occupancy History, Director Reports, Public Record Reports and Bankruptcy Searches.

Perfect for: Conveyancing, Asset Discovery, Property Matters or Disputes, Litigation Investigation, Credit Worthiness, Investment Research, Public Record Information


Person Locator Search - use to find address of a known name, or occupant of a known address



Address History - find previous addresses of a person. Enter both fields to narrow results



Occupancy History - find previous occupants of a given address



Director Search - Find out a person's current or past association with a company



National Property Ownership Report - Use this report to search on an individual or company to discover whether they currently hold any properties throughout Australia.



Public Record Information - Find out any judgements, claims or court actions against an individual



Bankruptcy Search - Find out the bankruptcy status of an individual - can be an un-discharged bankrupt, discharged or clear, and provide administrative details if a bankruptcy if recorded



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Business hours for searching are Mon - Fri 8.30am to 4.30pm.

Email support is available after hours and on weekends via our submission form.

Generally, you can expect your search results back in your inbox within 2 business hours after receipt of your order, and as soon as is possible if placed after-hours.

Some information databases are available outside of these hours, and if we can, we'll complete your search request outside of normal hours aswell.

Searchfirst Pro subscribers please see the next topic for your extended support.

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Please contact us before you place an order if you have an enquiries or do not understand any of this policy.

In general, there are two circumstances where incorrect search results may be returned to you:

A) We have provided the incorrect information

If WE have provided the wrong information, you will offered a replacement search at no additional cost, on a like-for-like basis.

For example, if you order a title search on 1 Example Street, Anytown, and we provided 11 Example Street, Anytown (the results returned being a clearly different subject to what was ordered), we will forward you a new search over the correct subject as initially ordered at no additional cost.

B) You have ordered the incorrect information

If YOU have ordered the wrong information and we have successfully returned a result that matched what you ordered, no refund or replacement will be due in this circumstance.

For example, if you order a title search on 1 Example Street, Anytown, but you meant to order 11 Example Street, Anytown, and we return a result on 1 Example Street, Anytown because that property actually existed and returned a valid search result, then you will need to re-order with the correct details at your own cost. As we have returned valid results that matched your order, the initial search fees will stand in this circumstance.

If we detect any contentious or ambiguous results before we process your order, we will contact you for further instructions, before we incur any third party provider fees.

If you have paid by our PayPal Pick'n'Click option where your credit card or account has been charged on submitting the order before the results have been returned and we are unable to fulfill your order due to no matching results being available, you will be refunded for the portion of our fees that were attributable to our information supplier's charge, and we may retain the balance as our administration fee for our processing costs. As these fees are un-ascertainable until a confirmed scenario is in place, we will outline these fees and refunds to you if such situation arises.

We will, in all cases, attempt to ascertain the correct information necessary to fulfill your order.

In essence, we will never charge you for an outlay that has not been incurred by us.

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