Empty houses... causing price rise ?

Property analysts suggest hundreds of thousands of houses and apartments may be unoccupied across Australia, a situation they say is exacerbating the housing crisis.It comes as dwelling prices nationwide rose by 1.4 per cent in February, with the median price standing at $570,000.That is up nearly 11 per cent over the past 12 months.Kulasegaram Sanchayan reports in Tamil with a feature prepared by Ricardo Goncalves.

A unit block in Sydney Source: AAP