How the capitals performed over the past year: RP Data

The latest RP Data CoreLogic Home Value Index for October indicates strong growth in a number of capital cities.

Here’s the 12 month growth from largest to smallest across the capitals.

• Sydney
  13.1%
  
  
• Melbourne
  8.9%
  
  
• Brisbane
  5.6%
  
  
• Darwin
  5.0%
  
  
• Hobart
  4.4%
  
  
• Adelaide
  4.3%
  
  
• Perth
  3.4%
  
  
• Canberra
  0.9%

The combined capitals together recorded an uptick of 8.9% over the year. Over the month of October, prices increased by 1.0%, contributing to a quarterly result of 2.2%.