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Buyer enthusiasm for falling interest rates and anticipation of more help for first home buyers has pushed up prices in a range of Melbourne suburbs over the past 12 months, more than 25 per cent in some locales.

Melbourne’s median house price rose 6.2 per cent over the year to September to $1,083,000, Domain data show, still 0.9 per cent beneath the peak, but several suburbs rose faster.

House prices rose the most in Heidelberg, up 25.9 per cent to $1,386,000. It was followed by Box Hill, which rose 20.7 per cent to $1.6 million, and Oak Park, which grew 18.2 per cent to $910,000.

Units rose the most in Moorabbin, up 26.5 per cent to $752,500, followed by Maidstone (25.6 per cent to $565,000) and Williamstown (19.1 per cent to $810,000).

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