6416.0 - House Price Indexes: Eight Capital Cities, Mar 2007  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 09/05/2007   
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PRICE INDEXES AND CONTRACT PRICE INDEXATION


MARCH QTR KEY FIGURES

Dec Qtr 06 to Mar Qtr 07
Mar Qtr 06 to Mar Qtr 07
Established house prices
% change
% change

Weighted average of eight capital cities
1.1
8.6
Sydney
-0.4
1.5
Melbourne
1.5
7.4
Brisbane
2.9
10.2
Adelaide
1.7
6.1
Perth
2.1
32.1
Hobart
3.8
10.5
Darwin
2.8
15.0
Canberra
1.2
9.0

Established house prices,
Weighted average of eight capital cities
- Quarterly % change
Graph: Established house prices, Weighted average of eight capital cities—Quarterly % change

Established house prices,
Quarterly % change
- March quarter 2007

Graph: Established house prices, Quarterly % change—March quarter 2007—March Quarter 2007



MARCH QTR KEY POINTS


ESTABLISHED HOUSE PRICES

Quarterly Changes

  • Preliminary estimates show the price index for established houses in the capital cities of Australia increased 1.1% in the March quarter 2007 consistent with an increase of 1.1% in the December quarter 2006.
  • House prices rose in Hobart (+3.8%), Brisbane (+2.9%), Darwin (+2.8%), Perth (+2.1%), Adelaide (+1.7%), Melbourne (+1.5%) and Canberra (+1.2%), and fell in Sydney (-0.4%).
  • The movement in the established house price index between September and December quarters 2006 has been revised from the first estimate, an increase of 0.9%, to an increase of 1.1%.

Annual Changes (March quarter 2006 to March quarter 2007)
  • Over the twelve months to March quarter 2007, preliminary estimates show that established house prices rose 8.6%.
  • Annually, house prices rose in Perth (+32.1%), Darwin (+15.0%), Hobart (+10.5%), Brisbane (+10.2%), Canberra (+9.0%), Melbourne (+7.4%), Adelaide (+6.1%), and Sydney (+1.5%).
  • The movement in the established house price index between December quarters 2005 and 2006 has been revised from the first estimate, an increase of 8.3%, to an increase of 8.8%.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER) Release Date
June 2007 8 August 2007
September 2007 7 November 2007



CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

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INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact Mark King on Canberra (02) 6252 5342 or the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070.