PHOTO: The average house price growth over the past five years in Sydney is 71 per cent; in Melbourne, it’s 59 per cent.

Home sellers will further tempt buyers with cryptocurrency sales in 2018 while hefty stamp duties will spur many to renovate instead of move, LJ Hooker has predicted.

The network has said that as the digital currency’s popularity increases, vendors will increasingly be open to bitcoin offers from buyers.

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