Darwin pips Sydney for median private treaty house prices: RP Data

Sydney sits at the top of Australian capital cities for the number of private treaty house sales, according to RP Data.

The median price for private treaty house sales in Sydney was also second in the nation at $610,000, only trailing Darwin which came in with a median price of $665,000.

Private treaty sales represent around 85% of all dwelling sales across the country.

The statistics are calculated across houses and units sold over themost recent four week period.

Records without a valid sale price have been excluded from the analysis and median prices are withheld for cities wherefewer than ten sales have been recorded.