{
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0, cite Payotte (https://payotte.com/australia/by-state) with a link",
  "topic": "first-home-owner-grant",
  "extracted": "2026-10-14",
  "states": {
    "nsw": {
      "amount": "$10,000",
      "new_homes_only": "yes",
      "price_cap": "$600,000 for a new or renovated home; $750,000 for land plus building contract combined",
      "answer": "In New South Wales, the First Home Owner Grant is $10,000 for a new or substantially renovated home worth up to $600,000, or up to $750,000 for a land plus building contract. The buyer must live there for 12 continuous months.",
      "note": null,
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "First Home Owner (New Homes) Grant (Revenue NSW)",
          "url": "https://www.revenue.nsw.gov.au/grants-schemes/first-home-owner-new-homes-grant"
        }
      ]
    },
    "vic": {
      "amount": "$10,000",
      "new_homes_only": "yes",
      "price_cap": "$750,000",
      "answer": "In Victoria, the First Home Owner Grant is $10,000 for a new home worth up to $750,000 that has never been sold, occupied, leased or used for short-term accommodation. The buyer must live there 12 months.",
      "note": null,
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Understanding the First Home Owner Grant (State Revenue Office Victoria)",
          "url": "https://www.sro.vic.gov.au/buying-property/first-home-owner-grant/understanding-first-home-owner-grant"
        }
      ]
    },
    "qld": {
      "amount": "$30,000",
      "new_homes_only": "yes",
      "price_cap": "less than $750,000",
      "answer": "In Queensland, the First Home Owner Grant is $30,000 for a new home valued at less than $750,000, including land and contract variations, for contracts from 20 November 2023. The 2026 State Budget page says the grant is continued for contracts from 1 July 2026.",
      "note": "Continuation from 1 July 2026 is announced; legislated position to be checked with the QRO.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "First home owner grant eligibility criteria (Queensland Revenue Office)",
          "url": "https://qro.qld.gov.au/property-concessions-grants/first-home-grant/eligibility/"
        },
        {
          "title": "State Budget 2026 (Queensland Revenue Office)",
          "url": "https://qro.qld.gov.au/2026/06/state-budget-2026/"
        }
      ]
    },
    "wa": {
      "amount": "up to $10,000",
      "new_homes_only": "yes",
      "price_cap": "$800,000 south of the 26th parallel; $1,000,000 north (transactions from 7 May 2026)",
      "answer": "In Western Australia, the First Home Owner Grant is up to $10,000 for a new or substantially renovated home. For transactions from 7 May 2026 the value cap is $800,000 south of the 26th parallel and $1,000,000 north of it.",
      "note": null,
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "About the first home owner grant (Government of Western Australia)",
          "url": "https://www.wa.gov.au/government/publications/about-the-first-home-owner-grant"
        }
      ]
    },
    "sa": {
      "amount": "up to $15,000",
      "new_homes_only": "yes",
      "price_cap": null,
      "answer": "In South Australia, the First Home Owner Grant is up to $15,000 for buying or building a new home that will be the principal place of residence.",
      "note": "Price cap not stated in the guide; check RevenueSA.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Home buyer support (HomeSeeker SA, Government of South Australia)",
          "url": "https://homeseeker.sa.gov.au/resources/home-buyer-support"
        },
        {
          "title": "FAQs (HomeSeeker SA, Government of South Australia)",
          "url": "https://homeseeker.sa.gov.au/resources/faqs"
        }
      ]
    },
    "tas": {
      "amount": "$20,000",
      "new_homes_only": "yes",
      "price_cap": null,
      "answer": "In Tasmania, the First Home Owner Grant is $20,000 for an eligible transaction commencing on or after 1 July 2026 and before 1 July 2027, completed within 24 months. It is for a newly built home or building a new residence.",
      "note": "Price cap not stated in the guide.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "First Home Owner Grant Amendment Act 2026, No. 9 of 2026 (Tasmanian legislation)",
          "url": "https://www.legislation.tas.gov.au/view/pdf/asmade/act-2026-009"
        },
        {
          "title": "First Home Owner (State Revenue Office Tasmania)",
          "url": "https://www.sro.tas.gov.au/first-home-owner"
        }
      ]
    },
    "act": {
      "amount": "nil",
      "new_homes_only": null,
      "price_cap": null,
      "answer": "In the ACT, the First Home Owner Grant amount has been a nil amount since 1 July 2019. ACT home buyers use the duty concession scheme instead.",
      "note": "No grant, so no property rule or price cap.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "First Home Owner Grant (Amount) Determination 2019 (No 1), DI2019-138 (ACT Legislation Register)",
          "url": "https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/DownloadFile/di/2019-138/current/PDF/2019-138.PDF"
        }
      ]
    },
    "nt": {
      "amount": "$50,000",
      "new_homes_only": "yes",
      "price_cap": null,
      "answer": "In the Northern Territory, the First Home Owner Grant is $50,000 for transactions commencing from 1 October 2025 to before 1 October 2027, and $10,000 from 1 October 2027. Only a new home qualifies for purchase contracts since 1 October 2025.",
      "note": "No price threshold applies to current transactions.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "First Home Owner Grant Act 2000, as in force at 1 July 2026 (NT Legislation)",
          "url": "https://legislation.nt.gov.au/en/Legislation/FIRST-HOME-OWNER-GRANT-ACT-2000"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}