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The national measure of dwelling values recorded a third consecutive rise last month, with the pace of growth accelerating sharply to 1.2%. After finding a floor in February, dwelling values nationally have increased 2.3% in the three months to May, following a 9.2% drop.

CoreLogic's national Home Value Index moved through a seventh month of decline last month with values dropping -1.0%, bringing values approximately -$53,400 below April's peak.

CoreLogic’s national home value index moved through its sixth month of decline last month, with values down a further 1.2%, taking the cumulative drop from the market peak to 6.0%.

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The housing downturn accelerated through August, as falling values became more widespread, taking CoreLogic’s national Home Value Index into a fourth consecutive month of decline. The national index was down -1.6% over the month, which was the largest month-on-month decline since 1983.

Our national Home Value Index recorded a second consecutive month of decline in June, down -0.6%, to be -0.2% lower over the June quarter.

Housing markets lost more steam in May as a combination of higher interest rates, rising inventory levels and lower sentiment dampened conditions. CoreLogic’s Home Value Index showed Sydney and Melbourne dwelling values continued to record the most significant month-on-month falls, while Canberra recorded its first monthly decline since July 2019.

Housing values are still rising at the national level, however, with a rise of just 0.6% over the month, April’s growth rate was the lowest reading since October 2020.

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Nationally, housing values were up 0.7% in March, a subtle increase on the 0.6% lift recorded in February.

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Australian housing values rose 1.5% last month, a similar result to August and September. However, the trend shows the market is continuing to slowly lose momentum since moving through a peak monthly rate of growth in March 2021, when values were up 2.8%.

Australian housing values rose 17.6% higher over the first nine months of the year and 20.3% higher over the past 12 months. The annual growth rate is now tracking at the fastest pace since the year ending June 1989.

Despite many parts of the country remaining in some level of lockdown, the housing boom continued to roll on, with national home values rising another 1.5% last month.

Although the pace of housing growth has slowed, values continue to rise at a rate that is well above average across most areas of the country.

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CoreLogic’s national Home Value Index up 2.2% in May - a stronger result compared with the 1.8% lift in April.

Housing values are still rising at a rapid pace, up 6.8% over the past three months to be 10.2% higher than the COVID low in September last year.

The national home value index recorded a 2.8% rise, the fastest rate of appreciation since October 1988.

Momentum continued to build across Australian housing markets last month, as values rise at the fastest rate in seventeen years.

Housing values continued to rise through the first month of 2021

Australia's housing market continued to recover, with dwelling values up 0.8% over the month.

Regional housing markets continued to outperform the capital cities in October.

Consumer confidence increased, new listings rose, and six of the eight capital cities recorded a rise in home values over the month.

Australian home values moved through a fourth month of COVID-induced falls.

Record low interest rates, government support and loan repayment holidays for distressed borrowers have helped to insulate the housing market from a more significant downturn.

Despite values being down in June, estimates of market activity showed a further improvement from the April low.

Despite the loss of momentum in housing value growth, buyer numbers have shown a solid rise in May.

Market activity dropped sharply from the second half of March and through April.

March was the lowest monthly gain in national housing values and likely sets the tone for housing conditions over the coming months.

Housing values surged by 1.1% with 5 capital cities reaching new record-highs last month.

Housing market update shows the rebound in Australian housing values has continued into 2020.

The housing market recovery has continued to gather some pace through with our national index up 1.7% last month.

Latest report shows a 1.2% rise in national dwelling values, delivering the fourth straight month of rising values. 

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Lower mortgage rates and improved sentiment could already having a flow-on effect for housing market conditions.

Although dwelling values fell in May, the pace of decline continued to ease; a trend that has been evident since the beginning of 2019.

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