House surge leads to mortgage stress

VICTORIA'S resurgent housing market is putting borrowers under severe financial strain, even if they are employed or earn more than $80,000 a year.

Researchers from the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research say they are "unsettled" by new findings that reveal more than half of the 14.4 per cent of households who consider themselves to be financially stressed are employed.

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