We Need To Keep A Real Estate Purchase In Australia Confidential. Can This Be Done?

Ours is an age of identity fraud, data breaches, public registers, and political and media interest in the ownership of Australian real estate.

Take a moment to consider the real estate-related data that can be readily accessed through a land titles office and online property platforms or even purchased for a relatively modest sum.

While steps are being taken to put in place a framework for the creation of a register of the beneficial ownership of ASX-listed entities, Australia does not have a general register of information as to the beneficial ownership of land.

Unsurprisingly, there are many legitimate reasons why a buyer or seller of real estate in Australia may want to either keep a transaction, their identity or the key commercial terms private and confidential or to manage when this information becomes known.