A number of exemptions, concessions and waivers for land transfer duty are available in Victoria. This calculator may not take them into account.
The Victorian Government has announced that stamp duty (land transfer duty) will be abolished for first-home buyers purchasing a home with a dutiable value of not more than $600,000.
This will make the existing first-home buyer 50 per cent duty reduction that applies to the purchase of a home with a dutiable value of not more than $600,000 a full exemption.
Further, duty will be phased-in for eligible first-home buyers who purchase a home with a dutiable value between $600,001 and $750,000.
Subject to the passage of the State Taxation Acts Amendment Bill 2017, the new measures will apply for contracts entered into from 1 July 2017.
A $10,000 FHOG is available when you buy or build your first new home. Your first new home can be a house, townhouse, apartment, unit or similar. A new home can be a home that has been substantially renovated, or a home built to replace demolished premises. It is not an investment property or a holiday house.
The contract price for the home, must be $750,000 or less. For an off the plan purchase it is the contract price not the dutiable value that must be $750,000 or less. When you sign a contract to build a home it is the contract to build price that must be $750,000 or less.
Transfer of Land Fee
Transfer of land fees have been calculated based on a electronic lodgement. Transfer of land fees may be higher if your circumstances are different. Calculations do not take into account Pexa fees for electronic transactions. For more information, please visit
https://www.land.vic.gov.au/land-registration/fees-guides-and-forms
For more information on the Change to the FHOG and Stamp Duty, please visit https://www.sro.vic.gov.au/buying-property/first-home-owner-grant
For more information on the Regional Areas of Victoria, please visit http://www.sro.vic.gov.au/regional
Other concessions may be applicable to you, please visit the Office of State Revenue site for full details http://www.sro.vic.gov.au
Information current as at July 2025 and is subject to change.
