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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.

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Sold: QLD ‘castle’ with no loo attracts 17 registered bidders

A Queensland ‘castle’ with no bathroom, kitchen, toilet or laundry attracted a whopping 17 registered bidders when it went to auction yesterday. See what it sold for!

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196 Goodyear Rd Cedar Pocket is called ‘The Castle’.

‘Castle’ with no plumbing, council approval sells for $530,000

A Queensland ‘castle’ with no bathroom, kitchen, toilet or laundry attracted a whopping 17 registered bidders when it went to auction near Gympie. Follow all the latest auction action in our live blog.

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Rental crisis: The crazy prices for a room in FNQ share houses

Single rooms in share houses in some of FNQ’s hottest locations are being listed for rent for the price of an entire house just three years ago. INTERACTIVE.

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Hayley Sligar with daughter Savannah Haugen 1yrs, Hayley and her partner have been forced to move into his grandfather house failing to secure a property after 50+ applications, with two his two other brothers after moving from Texas to Brisbane. Hayley is due to have their second bub in Sept and believes they are being passed over because of their age, on Monday 31st May 2022 - Photo Steve Pohlner

Rental crisis: ‘We just want a home before our baby arrives’

From young family to flood victims and domestic violence survivors, a young couple with their second baby on the way are among the many desperate renters who have reached out for help on social media.

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Single room now more than a house amid crazy Qld rental prices

Single rooms in share houses in some of Queensland’s hottest locations are being listed for rent for the price of an entire house just three years ago. USE THE INTERACTIVE

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Huge competition for share house rooms as Qld housing crisis deepens

Demand for Queensland share houses has soared with as many as 137 flatmates competing for each room advertised, and they are going to extreme lengths to get noticed. See the shock ratios!

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Battles to be won to make this QLD ‘castle’ your Bonnie Doon

No you are not dreaming. This ‘castle’ sits on a bush block that just screams ‘serenity’, but there are a few battles to be won to make it a home. It goes to auction this weekend.

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REAL ESTATE EGN case study: Kimberley and Kyle Bate (correct) with their two sons, Lennox, 5, and Spencer, 2, at their Mermaid Waters home. They have renovated fixer-uppers to sell in order to live mortgage-free without stress of rising cost of living They have also been able to restore their 1964 EH Holden 'blueberry'.* Dog is 10-year-old Winston.Picture: NIGEL HALLETT

Best & Worst: How rate rises will affect every QLD suburb

Buyers who maxxed out their budgets in over 500 Queensland suburbs could be facing a bleak Christmas, while homeowners in over 100 locales are better off now than they were in 2016.

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‘Shrieking, swooping, pooping’: Luxe estate orders woman not to feed flock

A resident at a swanky Queensland estate has been ordered to stop feeding ‘plague proportions’ of wild birds after complaints about their destructive flight path over neighbouring homes.

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Flooded, gutted, listed and under offer at first open home

This Queensland house was inundated during the February floods, but that didn’t stop an investor swooping on the gutted shell in record time.

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