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Mackenzie Scott is a property and general news reporter based in Brisbane. Prior to joining The Australian in 2018, she was the editorial coordinator at NewsMediaWorks, covering media and publishing, and editor at travel and lifestyle website Xplore Sydney.

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2nd December 2020.At Home with Matthew Lancashire, with wife Caitlyn and children Monty, Lulu and Ziggy in New Farm, Brisbane. Photo: Glenn Hunt / The Australian

A kids’ patch of paradise

This family home has farmhouse charm and plenty of play space.

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12/2/2021David and Stephanie Hampel with baby Vivienne in front of the house they sold in December, WilletonPic Colin Murty The Australian

New panic buying: properties selling in 18 days

Buyer competition all over the country is leaving vendors ‘swamped’, but it’s turned particularly fierce in one capital city.

Mackenzie Scott

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Jennifer Board, 22, was riding her motorbike along Ross River Rd on Friday night when a stolen Hyundai and a Holden Statesman crashed, forcing the Holden onto the other side of the road and hitting the woman’s sports bike. pix from Instagram

Vigilante horror prompts pledge on crime

The death of a young female motorcyclist struck by vigilantes chasing a stolen vehicle in Townsville has heaped more pressure on the Queensland government

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Police say the boy was snatched from a home in Brisbane's southwest.

Toddler found safe, man charged

A toddler taken from a home in Brisbane’s southwest early on Sunday morning has been found after a public appeal.

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Saturday Auction at 2 Harney St, Marrickville. A large crowd was quickly outbid with the home selling for 1.73 Million Dollars. Pictured is the Auctioneer Clarence White. Picture: David Swift.

Four in five properties sell in auction blitz

CoreLogic’s preliminary auction clearance rates rose to 83.8 per cent last week on the back of heightened demand from buyers.

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Friday 5th February 2021. The Australian.McKeown family (David & Emma and their children Amelie & Harriet) outside their newly listed home in Kingsville in Melbourne.Photograph by Arsineh Houspian

Vendor drought may break this month

Welcome news for buyers battling fierce competition for housing stock, as sellers gear up to come back.

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Gold Coast here to stay

An unprecedented flow of interstate wealth and investment is making permanent changes the Gold Coast’s property market, agents say.

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Surf lifesavers at Broadbeach on morning of February 5, 2021, after the body of a woman was found and a search continued for a missing man. Picture: Jodie Callcott

Woman drowns, man missing after late-night swim

A woman has drowned and a man is missing after the pair went for a last night swim at a Gold Coast Beach on Thursday.

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Realtor Showing Young Couple Around Property For Sale

What property industry wants from the budget

Tax deductions for interest payments are among of series of measures being urged by Australia’s peak real estate body.

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New home construction and house building under development at Mt Peter Estate in the Cairns southern growth corridor. Picture: Brendan Radke

Conditions ‘positive and improving’ for building sectors

A boost in property industry activity might lift property-exposed stocks, particularly housing companies and suppliers.

Ben Wilmot and Mackenzie Scott

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