The State Valuation Service is encouraging landowners to sign up to email valuations, ensuring a faster and more secure delivery of their notices.
Valuer-General, Wally Kearnan said more than 580,000 property owners had already made the switch to digital.
“Signing up online means you will receive your next land valuation instantly once it’s issued, with secure and confidential access delivered straight to your inbox,” Mr Kearnan said.
“You will also be doing your part for the environment in reducing paper waste,” he said.
The State Valuation Service values a selection of Queensland Local Government areas (LGAs) each year and, this year, more than 1.5 million properties in 30 LGAs are to be revalued.
Mr Kearnan said the Valuer-General’s decision to revalue an LGA was based on factors including consideration of a property market survey, the timing of the last valuation, as well as consultation with individual Local Governments and industry stakeholders.
“This year’s revaluation will be one of the most significant programs undertaken in Queensland in several years,” he said.
“While assessment of the valuations is still under way, it is clear the recent bumper year in Queensland’s property market will likely have an effect on land values.”
The Valuer-General said a number of factors had contributed to the rise in Queensland’s property market, including increased interstate migration, low interest rates for home loans and travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It is not just the cities where the market has been strong, with many regional and rural areas also experiencing increases in property prices,” Mr Kearnan said.
He said land valuations would remain unchanged in LGAs that were not revalued.
