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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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Rosewood Hotel has been purchased by Lynnette and Luke Chalmers, with children Charlotte and Lawson, Saturday, April 23, 2022 - Picture: Richard Walker

Why we bought a haunted Qld hotel

A historic and supposedly haunted Queensland hotel revered by paranormal investigators has new owners, who have already had a few eerie encounters with their ghostly squatters.

Property

5 Eaton Circle, Kirwan, is listed for offers over $425,000

Where first home buyers are still in the property game in QLD

First home buyers might feel jaded by the huge price rises across Queensland, but new data shows they are still in the game in over 900 suburbs and where they can save a deposit the fastest.

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Briana Morris and her daughter, Scarlett Pearce, who are searching for a new home in GC suburbs where single parent families can access the newly extended Family Home Guarantee Scheme. They want to be closer to dance classes for Scarlett, a talented dancer who is also hoping to start high school in Currumbin next year.Picture: NIGEL HALLETT

Revealed: Affordable markets for first-home buyers

Gold Coast first-home buyers and single-parent families face intense competition for affordable houses, but the pool of eligible properties widens for those considering units. SEARCH THE INTERACTIVE LIST OF WHERE TO BUY

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Renders of the $350m Shute Harbour Marina Resort

First look at QLD’s newest marina and resort development

Construction of a $350 million marina and resort development in the Whitsundays region will commence within a year, after almost 20 years of negotiating approvals, red tape and protests.

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Mining boss lists stunning hinterland home in QLD

MacKellar Mining managing director Duncan MacKellar and his wife Rachel are selling their stunning Sunshine Coast hinterland home and moving to the beach.

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Webb House that was until recently owned by Murray and Margie Charlton has sold for $34 million dollars an amount they couldn't knock back, the property was built by Damien Davidson Builders and the architect was Peter Conley from PCA Architects Picture Damien Davidson Builders

What your house could be worth by 2027

A Queensland suburb that has seen prices soar by almost 200 per cent in the past five years is tipped to add another $557,000 to its value by 2027. See what your suburb could be worth.

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Secret record deal inked on $28.5m property

A Queensland beachfront property has quietly changed hands for $28.5 million – more than double what was paid for it less than a year ago.

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n01fs211 Hastings Real estate agent Chris Watt putting leased sign on one of his properties . Properties lease are becoming scarce in the area A1

QLD electorate rental price growth since last federal election

Rent prices have soared by as much as 43 per cent in Queensland since the 2019 federal election, making it even tougher for young buyers and renters to save for a home deposit in every electorate.

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Colourful QLD family home of global Indie muso to go to auction

Renowned indie artist Lucy Gallant and her sister have put their family home in Queensland on the market, and there is nothing bland about the colour palette.

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‘Contract crashed’: The new sign that the QLD market is easing

Queensland’s property market might be stronger than southern states, but there is a new sign the market is cooling.

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