There’s a new star of the Sydney property market – and it’s a world away from the ritzy eastern suburbs, the family favourite inner west or even the picturesque lower north shore.

In some parts of Sydney, as many as one in four home sellers lose money – but not in the Sutherland Shire. It’s the council area in Sydney, tied with Penrith, where the most sellers make money.

A Cotality study of 97,000 residential property resales nationally over the June quarter found 98.7 per cent of sales in Sutherland were profit-making with only 1.3 per cent making a loss. The broader Sutherland shire includes Cronulla, Miranda and the suburb of Sutherland itself.

That profitability rate outperformed some desired areas like the City of Sydney council area at 88.0 per cent, Woollahra at 94.9 per cent, th

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