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House prices surge 74pc in Bennelong, best performance since last election

Matthew Cranston
Matthew CranstonUnited States correspondent
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The best growth in house prices since the last election was in Liberals' seat of Bennelong, but Labor seats took out four of the top ten best performing locations.

Since the last election house prices have shown very strong price growth with Sydney's north shore electorate of Bennelong -- where former Prime Minister John Howard held sway -- achieving a 73.5 per cent jump in price over three years and 23 per cent in the last year, data from CoreLogic shows.

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Matthew Cranston is the United States correspondent, based in Washington. He was previously the Economics correspondent and Property editor. Connect with Matthew on Twitter. Email Matthew at mcranston@afr.com

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