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Soaring house prices may be locking people into marriages, new research shows

  • Written by Stephen Whelan, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Sydney
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House prices continued to rise across Australia in June, recent data shows. Nationally, prices have risen about 38% in the past five years.

Higher housing prices are simply one contributor, albeit a very important one, to the cost of living crisis that Australian households face. Energy prices are another.

Those higher costs...

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