Perth and Darwin property losses near 40%

Wednesday 7 August 2019

CoreLogic’s Cameron Kusher released interesting data tracking the real inflation-adjusted decline in Australian dwelling values across the major markets to June 2019.

As shown in the below charts, both Darwin and Perth have experienced vicious housing downturns of 39.9% (Darwin) and 36.3% (Perth), with Darwin’s running for nine years and Perth’s 12.5 years:

It is worth pointing out that Brisbane’s dwelling values have also fallen by 17.1% in real terms over more than 11 years.

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About the author

Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.