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3-year property boom leaves Melbourne with empty homes
Published Wed, Dec 9, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Sydney
AUSTRALIA'S three-year property boom is leaving Melbourne awash with empty homes.
In the country's second-biggest city, growing numbers of local landlords and absent overseas owners have locked up their properties - foregoing rental income as they focus instead on price gains, a report by Prosper Australia said on Wednesday.
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