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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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Theme Parks OpenNation

NWNAUSNEWSSea World opens for the first day since Covid-19 restrictions lifting.Pictured is Marine Mammal trainer Erin Oakley with ÃBostonÃ a 300kg Californian Sea LionPhotography : Russell Shakespeare

Boston seals the deal on stage

Boston the California sea lion was back on stage for the first time in three months to entertain crowds at Sea World’s reopening at the weekend.

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Mortgage lendingFinancial Services

5/2/19: Chief executive of listed mortgage broker Mortgage Choice, Susan Mitchell, speaks out against Hayne recommendations to ban trailing and up front commissions for mortgage brokers. John Feder/The Australian.

Home buyers face long wait for loan approval

Hopeful homeowners are being forced to wait up to seven weeks to receive lending approval, mortgage brokers say.

Mackenzie Scott

MansionProperty

Cashed-up buyers go for gold

A string of multi-million-dollar property sales on the Gold Coast waterfront over the past few weeks has encouraged sellers to test the luxury market.

Mackenzie Scott

coronavirusProperty

Auctioneer David Gray. Auction at 24 Britannia St, Geelong West. Sold by agent David Gray, of Buxton. Purchased through buyers advocated Antoinette Sagaric of Dell Property Advisors to a Melbourne client. Picture: Alan Barber

Outbreaks raise fears of housing price falls

A surge in Melbourne coronavirus cases could cause residential property prices to plummet, as a ‘worst case’ plays out.

Mackenzie Scott

HousingProperty

Builder handyman with construction tools. House renovation background.

Bonds bring $562m boost to build social housing

Tasmania will benefit for the first time, with local community provider Housing Choices Tasmania receiving a $17m bond.

Mackenzie Scott

Trading DayTrading Day

Evolution Mining, - Conveyor belt loaded with commissioning ore at Mt Carlton between Charters Towers and Bowen.

Gold rush lifts Perseus, Evolution

Shares snagged an 11-point gain as Freedom Foods was halted for a performance update, and a fresh wave of panic buying hit VIC supermarkets.

David Rogers and Melissa Yeo

PropertyProperty

The suburbs of Paddington and Petrie Terrace are seen with the Brisbane CBD skyline in Brisbane, Tuesday, January 15, 2019. In the year to December 2018, house prices in the greater Brisbane area rose 2.3 per cent to an average of $525,000 according to the Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ). (AAP Image/Darren England) NO ARCHIVING

Australian REITs ‘to remain resilient’

Australian REITs had ‘a good buffer’ coming into the coronavirus crisis, says a report from Moody’s Investors Service.

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Property

New Farm’s bumper harvest

The popularity of Brisbane’s cosmopolitan inner city New Farm has not diminished through the coronavirus crisis.

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EconomyProperty

(FILES) In this file photo an aerial view is seen of a construction worker roofing an apartment home on May 27, 2020 in Uniondale, New York. - New home construction in May rose 4.3 percent compared to April, the Commerce Department said on June 17, 2020, as activity began to resume despite the coronavirus pandemic. However the pace of homebuilding hit a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 974,000, far short of what analysts had forecast, and 23.2 percent below May 2019, the report said. (Photo by AL BELLO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

Residential construction key to economic recovery

Independent research has supported claims from developers that the industry will be crucial in stoking an economic recovery.

Ben Wilmot and Mackenzie Scott

PropertyProperty

59 Grange Rd, Toorak- for Herald Sun real estate

Virus response, $A bring expats home

Cashed-up Aussie expats are buying off-market as deals continue in favourable conditions, a real estate report says.

Mackenzie Scott

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