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33 Ascot Street, Ascot, Brisbane auction

‘Everyone knew Ken’: Singing Ascot legend’s cottage sells for $3.05 million

Among real estate auctions, the cottage of a cherished local has changed hands – marking the end of a 60-year chapter for a man known for serenading strangers and handing out flowers.

  • Sarah Webb

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New analysis reveals where the top 1 per cent of income earners live in Brisbane, and what they make each year.

What you need to earn to be in the top 1 per cent in your Brisbane suburb

Find out how much the highest earning people in your suburb make each year.

  • Marissa Calligeros and Craig Butt
Properties in some of the most sought-after streets in Brisbane and the Gold Coast could be seized after a long-running tax dispute.

The state government tried to seize Ted Amos’ multimillion-dollar properties. So he claimed they were in trust

For more than a decade, the Brisbane property mogul has been locked in a battle over unpaid land tax and court costs with the Queensland government.

  • Marissa Calligeros and Sean Parnell
15 Norfolk Road, Longueville NSW.

Six of the best luxury homes for sale across the country

We’ve rounded up our pick of the bunch from across the New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia’s most luxurious properties.

  • Kate Farrelly
The Greens’ plan to convert Eagle Farm Racecourse into public housing.

All bets are off as Greens tout housing takeover of Eagle Farm racecourse

A Greens-led Brisbane City Council would buy Eagle Farm racecourse – compulsorily if necessary – to provide housing for up to 10,000 people.

  • Cameron Atfield
Brisbane downsizers could pocket large profits.

These are the most lucrative Brisbane suburbs to sell your house and buy a unit

Homeowners in a handful of neighbourhoods could pocket more than $1.5 million in profit by downsizing to a smaller place.

  • Sarah Webb
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35 Morgan Street Ascot boasts a private ‘man cave’ that can only be accessed by a secret button inside a Shakespeare’s bust.

Dream home boasts hidden ‘man cave’ behind Shakespeare’s bust

Press the hidden button and enter a luxurious hideaway with pool table, copper bar and even a sound-proofed recording studio in a design that evokes the original Batman television show.

Ascot resident Jason Powell believes his house value will plummet $400,000-$500,000 with the unit development behind him set to block his city views.

Neighbours fight in court over proposed 100-unit inner-Brisbane development

Ascot resident Jason Powell fears he will lose his city views and therefore $400,000-$500,000 of his property value.

  • Toby Crockford
The new stretch of tarmac will be Brisbane Airport's third runway, but an existing one (bottom left) has been clogged by parked Virgin Australia aircraft in recent months.

'Horrendous' new flight paths create stress in south-east Brisbane

Residents in Brisbane's southside suburbs are angry at the increase in aircraft noise as planes fly over Brisbane suburbs and not over Moreton Bay.

  • Tony Moore
Police will prepare a report for the coroner after a man died on-scene at his Harris Street home.

Man shot at home in affluent inner-Brisbane suburb

The home where the 30-year-old victim was shot is a crime scene and detectives are speaking to a witness.

  • Toby Crockford

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