HOUSE PRICE INDEXES
The price index for established houses covers transactions in detached residential dwellings on their own block of land regardless of age (i.e. including new houses sold as a house/land package as well as second-hand houses). Price changes therefore relate to changes in the total price of dwelling and land.
Project homes are dwellings available for construction on an existing block of land. Price changes relate only to the cost of constructing the dwelling (excluding land).
September quarter 2005 saw the introduction of a new methodology for compiling the established house price index. A detailed discussion of the new methodology is provided in Information Paper: Renovating the Established House Price Index (cat. no. 6417.0) released on 30 November 2005. The new established house price index commenced from March quarter 2002 and has a reference base of 2003-04 = 100.0. A new weighting pattern for the project home price index was introduced in September quarter 2005 (see Explanatory Notes to cat. no. 6416.0).
The price of project homes in Melbourne rose by 2.0% during the December quarter 2007. Preliminary estimates show the price of established homes has risen by 3.4% in Melbourne over the same period. These followed a rise of 1.0% in project homes and a rise of 4.8% in established homes in the previous quarter. Preliminary estimates of the weighted average of the eight capital cities showed a rise of 3.2% in established house prices and 1.4% in project house prices in December quarter 2007.
From the December quarter 2006 to December quarter 2007, established home prices in Melbourne rose by 18.1% while project home prices rose by 4.3%.
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Table 16, House Price Indexes, Melbourne And Weighted Average Of Eight Capital Cities (file size 14kB).
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