Mackenzie Scott

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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BrisbaneProperty

The 10-storey Ediison building on Elizabeth St next to the rear of the GPO next in the Brisbane CBD.

Landmark Edison Exchange sold

The historic Edison Exchange building in Brisbane’s CBD has been snared by a Singapore-based investment manager.

Mackenzie Scott

PropertyProperty

Auction today at 4 Little Dow Street Port Melbourne.Auctioneer and Director Frank Callaghan of Frank Gordon Estate Agents.Picture : Nicki Connolly

Home price falls stabilising

The housing market looks to be finding its feet, with price falls levelling out, figures suggest.

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PropertyProperty

FAIRFIELD ADVANCE/AAP. A fire-damaged house in Fairfield West being sold at auction today. The house is extensively damaged but still saw solid bidding selling for $750,000. The auction action and auctioneer James Kerley photographed today 18th May 2019. (AAP/Image Matthew Vasilescu

Debt worry as market turns

Another rate cut could help housing but pose questions about Australians’ heavy debt.

Mackenzie Scott

Property

21/6/19: Joanna Laferla and her daughter Yvette at their home at Mosman, Sydney. The upper end of the housing market has proved to be the most resilient from the downturn and is expected to lead the recovery. John Feder/The Australian.

Luxury base for property rebound

The luxury home market is expected to improve following the Coalition’s re-election, reduced interest rates and easier credit.

Ben Wilmot and Mackenzie Scott

Nation

Pictures to be used only for promotion of Lonely Planet Beautiful World Australia book - Surfers Paradise › High-rise hotels, nightclubs, bars and shopping malls: Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast is party central and attracts plenty of young people looking for fun. And it does have an incredible beach to boot.Picture: Airphoto Australia | Getty Images ©

Land tax hike risks state’s allure

Land tax increases in the Queensland budget and a lull in development could lead to an increase in home and rental prices.

Mackenzie Scott

Nation

Crime scene investigation after shooting in Goman St Sunnybank Hills.Saturday 22nd June 2019. (AAP Image/Richard Waugh)

Man, woman shot several times

Police have charged a 24-year-old man after a man, 46, and woman, 25, were shot several times in Brisbane on Saturday.

Mackenzie Scott

At homeProperty

16th June 2019.AT HOME - Dean and Kath Merlo at their home in Boonah, Qld.Photo: Glenn Hunt / The Australian

Castle of a coffee king

Chocolate-brick, round archways, sunken living room — Dean and Kath Merlo’s house is not your typical farm Queenslander.

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The Deal

Wisdom from the gurus

Ten of our Top 50 financial Advisers describe their investment philosophies and how they’re applied.

Tim Boreham, Jane Nicholls, Mackenzie Scott and Emily Ritchie

Towers of cracksPolitics

1-5 Bourke St, Mascot, 15th June 2019. 132 units in Mascot Towers 1-5 Bourke St, Mascot have been evacuated due to structural concerns within 2 of the tower buildings in the 4 tower complex.Picture by Damian Shaw

Questions over who pays bills

Residents and owner in the damaged Mascot Towers want the Premier to take a larger role.

JESSICA CORTIS and Mackenzie Scott

MALLS ELEVATEDProperty

A supplied digital render obtained on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, of a proposed Uber Air aircraft. Melbourne will join Dallas and Los Angeles as the third city to test Uber Air flights from 2020, with plans for commercial operations to start from 2023. (AAP Image/Supplied, Uber) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Westfield climbs aboard Uber’s skyport scheme

Scentre Group has signed its Westfield centres to Uber Elevate’s Melbourne trial of aerial ridesharing technology.

Mackenzie Scott

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