a report has shown that only 9 percent of homes in last quarter have recorded a loss at their sale with nearly a third selling for double what owners paid .
the total vale of these profitable resales was over $ 17 billion three and a half times more than the total of the loss .
sydney recorded the lowest loss-making resales at just 2.4 percent which is down from 3.5 percent in a year .
the typical home is now owned for over ten years before it is resold with melbourne homes being held longest .