Some Australian Luxury Property Areas Down 20% Just Since January

Wide spread, Sydney holding steady, more or less, the West showing a real correction.

Luxury property price falls dragging down Oz real estate market

According to Tim Lawless, RP Data’s research director, expensive suburbs have helped drag the overall market down. Over the year to the end of April, properties in the most expensive capital city suburbs recorded a 5.4% loss. In contrast, property values in the middle suburbs were down by only 0.9% while those in the cheapest suburbs were the best performers, hardly moving at -0.5 per cent.

At the other end of the spectrum are Perth and Brisbane where home values continue to experience a more significant correction. Perth values have recorded the largest fall of any capital city over the 12 months to April, down 7.1% and down 6.8% in Brisbane.