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Home owners are making more profit than ever when they sell their homes, but the few sellers who lose money are likely to be concentrated in a handful of high-density neighbourhoods.

Among all home owners who sold in the June quarter for a gain, the median nominal gain was $315,000, Cotality’s Pain and Gain Report, released on Wednesday, showed.

In neighbourhoods such as Parramatta, some properties are selling at a loss. Credit: Ben Rushton

This was up from $305,000 in the previous quarter, and an average of $250,000 over the past decade, adjusted for current values.

Some 94.8 per cent of home sellers made a profit, just below 95 per cent in the March quarter.

The research found a third of the loss-making unit resales were in the local government

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