House price index in Australia dropped by 0.7 percent quarter-on-quarter in the three months to June of 2018, the same pace as in the previous quarter but beating market consensus a 7 percent decline. It marked the second straight quarter of fall in the index, as prices continued to decline in Sydney (-1.2 percent vs -1.2 percent in Q1); Melbourne (-0.8 percent vs -0.6 percent); Perth (-0.1 percent vs -0.9 percent); and Darwin (-0.9 percent vs -1.1 percent). On the other hand, prices increased in Adelaide (0.3 percent vs 0.5 percent); and Canberra (0.6 percent vs 0.9 percent), while rebounded in Brisbane (0.7 percent vs -0.6 percent). Through the year to the second quarter, residential property prices decreased by 0.6 percent, the first annual fall since the June quarter 2012. Housing Index in Australia averaged 1.60 percent from 2002 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 6.10 percent in the second quarter of 2002 and a record low of -2.20 percent in the third quarter of 2008.

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Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2018-06-19 01:30 AM House Price Index YoY 2% 5.0% 1.7%
2018-09-18 01:30 AM House Price Index YoY -0.6% 2% -0.7%
2018-09-18 01:30 AM House Price Index QoQ -0.7% -0.7% -7% 1.1%
2018-12-12 12:30 AM House Price Index QoQ -0.7% -0.5%
2018-12-12 12:30 AM House Price Index YoY -0.6%


Australia Housing Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Building Permits 3.30 -9.40 32.00 -22.40 percent [+]
New Home Sales 4821.00 4769.00 20768.00 4769.00 [+]
Housing Index -0.70 -0.70 6.10 -2.20 percent [+]
Home Ownership Rate 65.00 67.00 71.40 65.00 percent [+]
Construction Output 1.60 2.40 16.60 -18.90 percent [+]
Construction Pmi 46.40 49.30 60.50 29.24 Index Points [+]


Australia House Price Index

In Australia, House Price Index measures weighted average of price movements for residential properties for eight capital cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart, Darwin and Perth. Residential properties are defined as detached residential dwellings on their own block of land regardless of age. . This page provides the latest reported value for - Australia House Price Index - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Australia House Price Index - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on November of 2018.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-0.70 -0.70 6.10 -2.20 2002 - 2018 percent Quarterly
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