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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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How to buy prestige property as Brisbane ‘comes of age’

Top end sales in Brisbane have tripled during Covid-19, with a Brisbane buyers agent saying the city has finally ‘come of age’. She shares her top tips for the well-heeled on the property hunt.

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Zoom room: Easy design tips to boost the value of your home

From some fresh paint and new doorhandles, to the creation of a ‘Zoom room’, there are some simple and relatively inexpensive ways to transform your home and attract top dollar.

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The suburbs of Paddington and Petrie Terrace are seen with the Brisbane CBD skyline in the background in Brisbane, Thursday, August 29, 2019. (AAP Image/Darren England) NO ARCHIVING

Why buying a home has never been harder in QLD

Emotion, desperation and FOMO are driving Queensland’s booming housing market, with buyers, sellers and agents alike struggling to price the state’s most prized commodity – homes.

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FAMILY FINANCE: The Bank of Mum and Dad is responsible for $16B of loans to help their adult children purchase housing.

Buying: The pros and cons of the Bank of Mum and Dad

With Aussie house prices soaring out of reach for many young buyers, the temptation to reach out to the Bank of Mum and Dad has never been stronger. Here’s how to avoid a legal minefield.

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Couple holding sold sign for their new house stock photo - for Herald Sun realestate. Source: iStock

How to ‘health-check’ your budget to buy a home in the New Year

With house prices soaring and the official interest rate tipped to rise earlier than expected, it might be time to put down that smashed avo and address “want versus need”.

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This two-storey house on a 492sq m block in Willow Vale is located within a relatively new housing subdivision and recently sold for $506,100

Revealed: Where you can buy at or below pre-pandemic prices in Qld

They are the Queensland suburbs where median house prices have fallen since the pandemic began. And while some are not too far from some of the hottest markets, it would seem the secret is out.

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Revealed: The QLD ‘supercharged’ suburbs poised for MORE growth

More than a third of Australia’s ‘supercharged’ property suburbs are located in the Sunshine State, with Queensland the ‘go-to’ state for high-net buyers with $10m-plus to splash.

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A bidding war erupted over this Newport unit, which sold for $1.58m

Virtual buying: ‘Time of the essence’ for hot Qld property

Such is the appetite for Queensland real estate, virtual bidding wars for the Sunshine State’s hottest properties may be here to stay, regardless of the borders reopening.

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Robyn Sinclair and Doug Newnham with their two kids Evie 4yrs and Jessie 2yrs (blue dress ), kids are Sinclair-Newnham . Pic Annette Dew

One family’s home hunt in QLD’s ‘wild west’ property market

When this Queensland family began the hunt for their first home, they never expected the be confronted by a “feeding frenzy”, likening the current market to the “wild west”.

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