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🔮 "With home values falling across more markets, that buffer will become increasingly important in determining resale outcomes."

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In short: The latest sales figures from Cotality show Brisbane properties made a median of $525,000 profit at resale in the June quarter. asserted

properties → show → quarter

Cotality's head of research Gerard Burg said lower prices are likely to "persist for some time". asserted

prices → say → time

Brisbane is still the country's most profitable capital for sellers despite the housing downturn, while one in five Melbourne units recorded a loss, according to the latest figures from data property firm Cotality. uncertain

units → record → Cotality

The June quarter data marks the end of record resales, after a 21-year high in March. asserted

data → mark → March

Brisbane resales had a median profit of $525,000, with 99.8 per cent of sales in the quarter making a gain. asserted

cent → have → gain

Meanwhile in Melbourne, 20.8 per cent of units were sold at a loss, and about one in 10 Sydney units went for less than their purchase price. asserted

units → sell → price

Houses returned a profit more reliably than units overall, with 97.8 per cent of houses making a gain compared to 90.5 per cent of units. asserted

cent → return → units

Nationally, sellers made a median $371,000, with 95.4 per cent of the more than 94,000 resales analysed returning a profit. asserted

cent → make → profit

Head of research at Cotality Gerard Burg said profitability was still "exceptionally high by historical standards" even as a softening housing market pushed down prices. asserted

market → say → prices

"Most sellers are still benefiting from the significant value growth accumulated over the past five years, which is providing considerable protection against the early stages of the downturn," he said. asserted

he → benefit → downturn

"With home values falling across more markets, that buffer will become increasingly important in determining resale outcomes." asserted

buffer → fall → outcomes

Mr Burg said there was a "real contrast" in the unit markets, with a "much weaker performance" in Melbourne, where CBD unit values peaked in 2017. asserted

values → say → 2017

"So, it's very hard to get a profitable resale in that type of environment," he said. asserted

he → get → environment

Brisbane real estate agent Brett Andreassen said the data confirmed what he had been seeing for months — prices have come down. asserted

prices → say → months

"It is probably more of a normalising of the market because the last few years were anything but,"he said. asserted

years → say → market

"I think because this crazy growth happened over five years, everyone thought that was the normal — when it really wasn't." asserted

it → think → years

Mr Andreassen said sellers whose property had been on the market for months "have still got those previous figures in their heads". "Whereas a lot of the owners that are coming on the market now have adjusted their expectations to the current reality," he said. asserted

he → say → reality

Adelaide was the country's second most profitable capital, followed by Perth, with median gains of $472,000 and $470,000, respectively. asserted

Adelaide → follow → 472,000

Home prices in each city had jumped since COVID-19, when relative affordability had boosted interstate migration, Mr Burg said. asserted

Burg → jump → migration

Regions make more gains asserted

Regions → make → gains

Meanwhile, regional markets had higher profitable resales than the capitals, with 97.5 per cent compared to 94.1 per cent. asserted

cent → have → cent

Metro sellers still made a bigger gain, with a $415,000 median compared to $324,500. asserted

sellers → make → 324,500

Mr Burg said the downturn put more recent buyers at risk, with homes held for less time more likely to be resold at a loss. asserted

homes → say → loss

The median time off the market for a loss-making house was 4.4 years. asserted

time → make → house

"The longer that you hold the property, the less exposed you are to the fluctuations that occur in an individual housing cycle," he said. asserted

he → hold → cycle

Mr Burg said the trend of declining values was likely to "persist for some time", which could make a profitable sale becoming "more challenging". uncertain

sale → say → time

"There is significant uncertainty around the short-term economic outlook, particularly the direction of interest rates and increasing pressure on household budgets," he said. asserted

he → be → budgets

"If housing values continue to fall, we would expect that to place further downward pressure on resale profitability over the coming quarters." asserted

that → continue → quarters

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