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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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13/9/2019 : Karen Walker, on her penthouse balcony will soon going to be listing her $4m penthouse in Kangaroo Point, Brisbane. Karen is purchasing two luxury apartments of the plan to the tune of $2.8m , as luxury apartments prices are on the rise, with the top 2% of the market seeing gains in the last quarter. Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

Top units shine in sunny capital

Brisbane’s troubled apartment market is in recovery, with prices now outperforming Sydney and Melbourne.

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MansionProperty

Artist impression of Shane Moran's luxury seniors living estate 'The Rose by Moran' at Wahroonga, Sydney. Supplied

A rose by any other name

A two-storey Federation house in Sydney’s upper north shore is to become the centrepiece of a new luxury seniors living estate.

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raisingsProperty

Tim Johansen, Qualitas MD of Real Estate Finance (left) and Robert Dicintio Trenerry Property Group director at the new $350m West End apartment and hotel project in West Melbourne

Qualitas fund in $262m raising

Melbourne-based finance house Qualitas has bolstered the size of its listed property debt and equity fund.

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dealsProperty

Taiwanese developer Shayher has bought 2-6 Cavill Avenue, Ashfield

Shayher lands twin buildings

Taiwanese developer Shayher has snapped up a twin-building office complex in Sydney’s inner west for about $63m.

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Property

Google drone business drives $100m investment in Logan

Commercial interest in the growing southeast Queensland region of Logan is on the rise.

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Property

Big plans for former Boral site

The new owners of Boral’s former brickmaking site in Perth plan a mixed-use industrial and residential offering.

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Credit Suisse Asset Management Global Real Estate has pre- purchased the 14-storey Jubilee Place office development. Supplied

Credit Suisse in Valley purchase

Credit Suisse’s real estate arm has pre-purchased the Jubilee Place office development in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley precinct.

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hotelsProperty

Publicans looking beyond banks

Publicans looking to capitalise on bustling conditions and low interest rates are turning to alternative sources of finance.

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EconomyEconomics

In this Aug. 16, 2019, photo a for sale signs beckon buyers to homes along Park Avenue in Richmond, Va. On Thursday, Aug. 22, Freddie Mac reports on this weekâ€™s average U.S. mortgage rates. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Surprise surge in lending

Mortgage lending jumped as rates were cut and as banks softened checks on borrowers’ ability to repay loans.

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MansionProperty

John Singleton's former Killcare weekender on the Central Coast

Singleton’s old beach getaway sells

The beach getaway once belonging to millionaire adman John Singleton has sold again in one of the Central Coast’s biggest sales.

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