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'Sydney is the least affordable housing market'
Sydney home owners now spend 45 per cent of their household income servicing their mortgage repayments, despite benefiting from record low interest rates.
Michael Bleby writes on real estate specialising in construction, infrastructure, architecture. Based in our Melbourne newsroom, Michael has two decades of journalism experience, having worked in the UK, Japan, South Africa and the Middle East.
Sydney home owners now spend 45 per cent of their household income servicing their mortgage repayments, despite benefiting from record low interest rates.
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