Perth’s median house price exceeds $500k as leading suburbs are revealed
By Bianca Dabu
05 May 2021
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Perth has breached the $500,000 median house price ceiling for the first time since December 2018.
PerthPerth, TASPerth, WA’s home value index added 0.8 per cent in April, marking the ninth consecutive month of price increases for the Western Australian capital, new data from CoreLogic revealed.
In the months since August 2020, Perth’s home value index added 9.1 per cent, increasing by 5.9 per cent in 2021 alone.
Analysing the figures, REIWA president Damian Collins said they’re a testament to the strength of Perth’s local market, which didn’t buckle amid the Easter and Anzac public holidays, including another COVID-induced lockdown.
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Perth not WA’s only hot property market: REIWA
By Bianca Dabu
03 May 2021
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Regional centres in Western Australia have recorded strong price growth in the March quarter, building on Perth’s revival as a property market.
New data from the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia (REIWA) showed that seven out of nine regional centres across the state saw values increase over the past quarter, driven largely by high demand and declines in listings.
Port Hedland topped the list with a 9.4 per cent increase over the quarter.
“The driving force behind Port Hedland’s improvement in median sale price is the resurgence of the Pilbara’s mining sector,” according to REIWA president Damian Collins.