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Samantha HealyQLD Regional Real Estate Editor

Samantha Healy has been a News Corp journalist for nearly 14 years, having covered everything from crime and court to natural disasters and the downright bizarre. Her roles have included North QLD Correspondent, Townsville Bulletin Digital Editor and QLD Real Estate Editor.

Samantha Healy

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National

Aussie property listing fails that will make you LOL

From toilets in the kitchen to oddly positioned portraits of Alice Cooper, when it comes to listing property first impressions don’t always come first. See some of the wackiest listing photos.

National

A large crowd outside the Merry Strickland Christmas lights display at Burpengary East. Photo: Supplied

Christmas: Australia’s most festive suburbs revealed

When it comes to festive cheer, one unexpected city stands out from the crowd. Now new analysis reveals the top places to go on a Christmas lights tour!

National

Water wonderlands: Coolest pools in Australia revealed

Australia’s coolest pools of the year have been revealed, and they range from a sky-high shipping container pool to a pool with a multi-million dollar view. See the full list of winners.

National

Prison, bubble? Unique Aussie holiday homes to make you froth

Holidaymakers are spoilt for choice when it comes to quirky accommodation options this summer, from a former prison to luxury ‘reef suites’, an underground cave, even a ‘bubble’.

National

Wild cost of Aussie share houses

Aussie share homes have hiked 90 per cent, with wild prices for a single room now revealed – and they’re not even in the city.

QLD

Shock Qld suburb where single room rents have exploded by 86pc

Renting a single room in one Queensland suburb has soared 86.1 per cent in a year, and it is not in the inner city. See the top 10 Qld suburbs where a room in a share house has exploded!

QLD

The Qld homes you can buy for under $100K

These properties are the cheapest way to have a roof over your head now priced less than $100,000 – roughly what a Brisbane house cost in 1994.

QLD

Abandoned hoarder house’s stunning ace card

An abandoned hoarder house hidden behind years of natural overgrowth has a stunning ace up its sleeve.

National

Dog on toilet istock image for dog poo bag opinion.

Loo-dicrous way to add thousands to your home value

There is money in a good dunny and a rejuvenation of the old waste station could add thousands to your sales price. Here’s why!

QLD

Inside Queensland’s cheapest ‘home’

Queensland’s cheapest ‘home’ for sale is listed at just $20,000 – but there’s a catch, despite its ‘great location’.

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