Lisa Allen

Lisa AllenAssociate Editor & Editor, Mansion Australia

Lisa Allen is an Associate Editor of The Australian, and is Editor of The Weekend Australian’s property magazine, Mansion Australia. Lisa has been a senior reporter in business and property with the paper since 2012. She was previously Queensland Bureau Chief for The Australian Financial Review and has written for the BRW Rich List.

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48C Burradoo Road, Burradoo, NSW real estate.

Rare Southern Highlands eco home lists with $2.95m guide

Creative director Alice Martin has listed her Burradoo passive house for an early December auction in the NSW Southern Highlands, a region predicted to be a magnet for baby boomers.

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HotelsProperty

The Victorian facade of the Harbour Rocks Hotel, Sydney.

EVT checks in for hospitality expansion amid tourism surge

The hospitality heavyweight wants to make running and owning hotels a priority in coming years, as they offer higher returns than cinemas and ski resorts.

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ExclusiveProperty

15-10-2024 - Realestate. Paul & Tracey Schneiders at their house in Haberfield, which they are selling to downsize. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers / The AustralianÃ

John McGrath’s hot suburbs for 2025

The once-in-a-generation combination of housing affordability and working from home has sharply affected residential property markets. Here are John McGrath’s tips for where to win.

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MansionProperty

134 Park Street Queenstown, New Zealand. Mansion October 19, 2024 Picture - Supplied

Holiday heaven awaits in a spectacular NZ playground

Luxury properties in Queenstown are in demand from Australians, particularly if they have a proven track record of producing high income returns from holidaying tourists.

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BEACH HOUSE SPLASHProperty

The property at 189 Del Monte Place, Copacabana, NSW. Anthony Albanese and his fiance Jodi Haydon have bought the $4.3m luxury beach home.

PM grabs clifftop paradise at a steep discount

The vendors of Anthony Albanese’s new holiday house sold as average prices in Copacabana dipped from a high of $2m three years ago — but they didn’t sell for financial reasons.

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Cost of living electionPolitics

Albanese Copacabana 4 million mansion 4x3

Buying into trouble: Albanese’s political judgment on a cliff edge

Anthony Albanese has been forced to deny he is contemplating life after politics just months before an election campaign, after paying $4.3m for a clifftop house on the NSW central coast where he will live with future wife Jodie Haydon.

Sarah Ison, Lisa Allen and Ellie Dudley

HospitalityProperty

ESCAPE: Family visit The Otway Fly Treetop Adventures attraction. Picture: Visit Victoria

British-backed Merlin selling down regional Aussie assets

Two much loved family holiday destinations are on the block, with the Otway Fly in Victoria and Illawarra Fly in NSW now on the sales block.

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ExclusiveCompanies

Anthony Albanese is spending a whopping $4.3million home on a cliff top home on NSW’ Central Coast. Contracts for the Copacabana property were exchanged in September, and settlement is due to happen by the end of this month. The Prime Minister bought the multi-story ocean view house with his fiancee Jodie Haydon, whose family is from the region.( 189 Del Monte Place, Copacabana, NSW 2251) . Picture: Realestate.com.au

Albanese bagged a property bargain, says star agent John McGrath

The boss of the real estate agency which sold the PM’s new $4.3m clifftop mansion says he nabbed a bargain price compared with what he would have paid for a similar property in Sydney’s trophy markets.

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MansionProperty

Yarranabee Ventures by Stanley Roth - a development at Darling Point, NSW Picture - Supplied

Boutique development at Darling Point will tick all the boxes

The developers behind a boutique apartment project in Sydney’s exclusive Darling Point are holding fire on price guidelines ahead of its launch in February.

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MansionProperty

Melbourne Square's BLVD Penthouse Collection renders of staircase, bathroom and bedroom for Mansion Oct 12 - penthouse is on the market.

Step up to best of all worlds at Melbourne Square

The eight apartments in BLVD’s Penthouse Collection are expected to be in high demand, with Melbourne prices predicted to double in the next few years.

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