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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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01/10/2019: Darren Kowacki and Helen McKinlay have decided to settle down in eastern Melbourne and are currently looking for a house. Stuart McEvoy/The Australian.

Fall nullified in rising house market

Darren Kowacki and Helen McKinlay plan on having another chat to their mortgage broker following yesterday’s cut to official interest rates.

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PropertyProperty

MANLY DAILY /AAPAuctioneer Vic Lorusso conducting the Auction at 14 Lalchere St. Curl Curl Saturday 28th September 2019Auctioneer Vic Lorusso conducting the Auction at 14 Lalchere St. Curl Curl which sold for $2.710M ( Buyers declined to be photographed) (AAP IMAGE / MARK SCOTT)

Property headache for RBA

Sydney and Melbourne lead as property prices post biggest growth rate since March 2017.

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PropertyProperty

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - September 28: Auctioneer Jake Moore bring the hammer down at the end of the auction of 166 Baptist Street, Redfern. The two bedroom property sold for $1.33million to Ben O'Sullivan. (Photo by James Gourley/The Sunday Telegraph)

Sydney’s auction season revival

Confidence appears to be returning to the Sydney property market after the second busiest weekend of auctions for the year.

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MansionProperty

PP 31/08/2019 19 Shellcove Road Neutral Bay pic 1-2 of 7

Breathtaking views of the harbour

It is not often a resort-style property on the edge of Sydney’s famous harbour comes to the market, which is what makes a home recently listed in Neutral Bay stand out from the rest.

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Property

Rising market buoys coastal real estate

Ros and Todd Lyons are hoping to ride the wave of surging property prices on NSW’s Central Coast.

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PropertyProperty

A construction worker at a buidling site

‘V-shaped’ housing recovery tipped

Australia’s housing market could be on the road to a “V-shaped” recovery, according with property researchers.

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PropertyProperty

Ryan McCan, 24, and his partner Rhian Hill, 25, at their first home, which they've recently bought in Hoppers Crossing. They've been living with parents in Tarneit but will soon move into the house. It's for a

Homes still out of reach

Despite falling prices, most first-time buyers still worry they won’t be able to enter the market.

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hotelsProperty

Laundy banks another pub

The pub-collecting Laundy family has added Maitland’s Bank Hotel to its portfolio in a $5.5m deal.

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buildingProperty

31st October 2018.Builder Scott Hutchinson on at construction site in Fortitude Valley.Photo: Glenn Hunt / The Australian

Builders ‘need to take responsibility’

Scott Hutchinson welcomes greater regulation of the construction industry in the wake of the cracking issues in two Sydney towers.

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Nation

Drug cocktail cause of deaths

A cocktail of drugs caused the deaths of two young people at a dance festival at Easter, a coronial inquest confirmed.

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