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Investors less savvy than owner-occupiers when it comes to property profits

While investors might be regarded as more of a property market expert than the average home owner, the stats suggest otherwise.

Pedestrian sidewalk and Victorian style houses in a quiet neighbourhood street in North Melbourne.
Sellers of units experienced significantly more pain than those who sold houses. (Image source: Shutterstock.com)

Investors are three times more likely to incur a loss from resales compared to owner-occupiers who continue to see a greater rate of profitability, according to new June quarter data.

Analytics company CoreLogic’s recent Pain and Gain Report analysed around 83,000 resales and found owner-occupiers had a higher incidence of profit from resale than investors, and the extent of profit and loss also showed a better outcome for them at a national lev…

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