SQM Housing Market Indexes
SQM Research Weekly Asking Prices Index
Week ending
21 May 2013
Asking Price Chg on
prev wk
Rolling month
% chg
12 mth
% chg
Canberra All Houses 644.8 -3.3 -1.5% -5.1%
All Units 404.8 -0.0 -0.5% -5.1%
Sydney All Houses 894.7 -0.9 0.7% 5.2%
All Units 512.1 0.4 0.4% 5.2%
Darwin All Houses 703.4 1.6 0.2% 7.0%
All Units 487.5 2.5 1.5% 17.7%
Brisbane All Houses 515.2 0.3 0.6% -1.0%
All Units 349.4 -0.5 -1.0% -0.3%
Adelaide All Houses 461.4 0.4 -0.2% -0.1%
All Units 285.7 -0.4 0.7% 0.3%
Hobart All Houses 383.0 -0.2 0.0% -3.5%
All Units 263.6 -1.4 -0.2% 9.4%
Melbourne All Houses 616.1 1.6 0.6% -1.3%
All Units 414.6 0.0 0.4% -0.0%
Perth All Houses 732.4 2.2 1.5% 6.4%
All Units 447.4 0.5 0.6% 6.9%
National All Houses 467.0 0.5 0.3% 1.1%
All Units 324.8 1.0 0.3% -0.2%
Cap City Average All Houses 672.1 0.3 0.4% 2.7%
All Units 450.2 2.7 1.2% 2.8%

Next update: 28 May 2013

SQM Research Weekly Rents Index
Week ending
20 May 2013
Rent Chg on
prev wk
Rolling month
% chg
12 mth
% chg
Canberra All Houses 537.4 -4.4 -1.2% -6.5%
All Units 410.6 0.4 -1.0% -4.9%
Sydney All Houses 653.3 -4.3 -0.3% 1.4%
All Units 459.4 -0.4 0.1% 1.7%
Darwin All Houses 703.6 7.4 -1.7% 2.7%
All Units 502.8 -2.8 1.8% 14.6%
Brisbane All Houses 441.0 -0.0 -0.3% 1.0%
All Units 362.4 0.6 0.4% 1.2%
Adelaide All Houses 354.4 -0.4 -0.8% -0.7%
All Units 280.8 0.2 1.5% 1.0%
Hobart All Houses 309.9 1.1 -1.0% -1.1%
All Units 255.2 -0.2 -0.9% -5.5%
Melbourne All Houses 456.4 -2.4 -0.8% 1.8%
All Units 344.1 -0.1 -0.3% -0.2%
Perth All Houses 610.0 -4.0 -0.6% 2.2%
All Units 477.0 3.0 0.5% 7.5%
National All Houses 414.0 -0.0 -0.0% -0.2%
All Units 335.6 0.4 0.5% 1.5%
Cap City Average All Houses 518.7 -1.7 -0.6% 0.7%
All Units 412.9 0.1 0.3% 2.2%

Next update: 28 May 2013

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