6416.0 - House Price Indexes: Eight Capital Cities, Jun 2007  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 08/08/2007   
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JUNE QTR KEY FIGURES

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

Weighted average of eight capital cities
3.2
9.2
Sydney
2.3
3.0
Melbourne
5.0
11.5
Brisbane
6.5
15.7
Adelaide
5.7
11.7
Perth
-0.9
15.3
Hobart
2.3
9.7
Darwin
-1.4
7.4
Canberra
2.9
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 - June Quarter 2007
Graph: Established house prices, Quarterly % change—June Quarter 2007—March Quarter 2007



JUNE QTR KEY POINTS


ESTABLISHED HOUSE PRICES

Quarterly Changes

  • Preliminary estimates show the price index for established houses in the capital cities of Australia increased 3.2% in the June quarter 2007 compared with a rise of 1.4% in the March quarter 2007.
  • House prices rose in Brisbane (+6.5%), Adelaide (+5.7%), Melbourne (+5.0%), Canberra (+2.9%), Sydney (+2.3%), and Hobart (+2.3%), and fell in Perth (-0.9%) and Darwin (-1.4%).
  • The movement in the established house price index between December quarter 2006 and March quarter 2007 has been revised from the first estimate, an increase of 1.1%, to an increase of 1.4%.


Annual Changes (June quarter 2006 to June quarter 2007)
  • Over the twelve months to June quarter 2007, preliminary estimates show that established house prices rose 9.2%.
  • Annually, house prices rose in Brisbane (+15.7%), Perth (+15.3%), Adelaide (+11.7%), Melbourne (+11.5%), Hobart (+9.7%), Canberra (+9.0%), Darwin (+7.4%), and Sydney (+3.0%).
  • The movement in the established house price index between March quarters 2006 and 2007 has been revised from the first estimate, an increase of 8.6%, to an increase of 9.9%.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER) Release Date
September 2007 7 November 2007
December 2007 4 February 2008



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