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Samantha LandyCommercial partnerships editor

As the commercial partnerships editor for Victoria, Sam works with News Corp Australia’s commercial partners to achieve earned editorial coverage in the metro mastheads, with a focus on the Herald Sun. She was previously the Herald Sun’s real estate editor, having joined News Corp Australia’s Victorian real estate team in 2015. She started at News Corp in 2011 as an editorial assistant, going on to complete a year-long trainee journalism course across five publications, including the Geelong Advertiser and Weekly Times, and then becoming a general news reporter at the Herald Sun.

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6 Osprey Avenue, Mount Eliza art - for Herald Sun realestate

Ossie Ostrich creator lists beachfront perch

TV legend Ernie Carroll, best known as Hey Hey It’s Saturday’s Ossie Ostrich, has listed his beachfront home of 32 years — and it’s easy to see why the entertainer’s stayed put for so long.

1 Trig Point, Mount Martha - for Herald Sun realestate

Mount Martha ‘Palm Springs’ pad has skate ramp

A pool, tennis court and half-pipe can be found on the sprawling grounds of the “coolest pad around” that blends “Mediterranean boldness with Californian glamour” on the Mornington Peninsula.

270A Punt Road, South Yarra - for Herald Sun realestate

Six-level South Yarra ‘Miami’ marble mansion

A pool guarded by Terracotta Warriors, another with a cinema screen, a garage designed to showcase luxury cars, and “massive slabs of marble” — this might just be Melbourne’s flashiest pad.

Isabelle Silbery art for sale of Hampton house - for Herald Sun realestate

Gogglebox favourite sells TV star home

Isabelle Silbery has capped off a big 2020 by selling the Hampton home where she’s filmed the popular show with her mum and grandma, months after getting engaged to another familiar face.

Police continue to monitor a lockdown at the Government housing towers in Racecourse Rd at Flemington. General view of one of the towers. Monday, July 6, 2020. Picture: David Crosling

Social housing would boost building economy

Funding social housing is an “obvious” way to boost the construction sector while addressing a “massive shortage” of affordable housing, as government stimulus measures fall short.

Port Melbourne home owner, and the operator of one of the city's best known aquarium/fish shops Kenneth Sun is selling his home on the second busiest auction weekend of the year. Kenneth has a large, prominent aquarium in the home.Auctioneer Peter Kakos from The Agency.Picture : Nicki Connolly

How real estate restrictions are easing

Auction action is set to return to Melbourne streets, allowing a stunted spring market to bloom, with the lifting of another ban to revive the “hardest hit” real estate sector. Here’s what’s changing.

74-76 Mooltan St, Travancore - for Herald Sun realestate

Mansion doubles obscure suburb’s price record

A monolithic concrete mansion has shattered a little-known inner suburb’s price record, eclipsing the former benchmark held by Bill Shorten’s home in a tight-lipped deal. Take a tour.

9 Geddes Street, Ascot Vale - for Herald Sun realestate

How to buy into a $1m suburb for six figures

Want the prestige of living in a million-dollar suburb without having to shell out a seven-figure sum? New data reveals how to do just this, and which suburbs you should be targeting.

Auhaus Architecture's Cliff House in Ocean Grove has been nominated for a 2020 Victorian Architecure Award. Photo credit: Derek Swalwell.

Victoria’s most underrated top homes

The people have spoken — declaring we nailed No. 1 but some of our Top 50 Homes deserved higher billing. See which incredible pads the public reckons were most underrated, and step inside.

252 Woodland Street, Strathmore - for Herald Sun realestate

Strathmore dream home to knock off Cotchin’s

This glitzy builder’s-own home with a seven-car garage and resort-style backyard and pool is poised to knock the Tigers skipper’s mega Strathmore sale price down a peg. See why.

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