Tracks changes in housing prices in Australia 's eight provincial capital cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart, Darwin, and Canberra. The headline number is the weighted average percentage change from the previous quarter. Like any price index, the housing price indexes measure inflationary pressures, in this case specifically from the housing sector. The headline number is the quarterly percentage change in the index.

Relevance : Rarely affects markets
Release Schedule : 1:30 (GMT); quarterly, two months after the reported quarter
Revision Schedule: Quarterly
Source of Report : Australian Bureau of Statistics
Web Address : http://www.abs.gov.au/
Address of Release : http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/mf/6416.0
AKA: Housing Price Index