Residex index remains at odds with CoreLogic’s
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The Residex house and unit price results for January have been released, which revealed falling prices over the month at the national level, as well as across Sydney and Melbourne:

However, over the year to January, house prices nationally rose by 4.9%, led by Hobart (+7.8%), Melbourne (+5.9%), and Sydney (+4.6%), whereas values continued to decline across the mining strongholds of Perth (-3.6%) and the NT (-5.7%).
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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.
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