19/03/2026
97.5% of Australian house resales made a profit in the second half of 2025.
For some cities, that number is even higher.
Domain's latest Profit and Loss Report reveals resale profitability not seen in 15 years – with over 90 per cent of house resales in every capital city turning a gain.
The median profits tell the story:
Sydney houses – $750,000
Brisbane houses – $580,000
Adelaide houses – $539,500
Perth houses – $528,000
Brisbane and Perth both hit 99.5 per cent of house resales in profit.
Dr Nicola Powell, Domain's Chief of Research and Economics, said longer hold periods are compounding the gains: "As homeowners stay put for longer, they are seeing their equity build up over multiple price cycles."
But Dr Powell also flagged the flipside – record profits are widening the gap between established owners and aspiring buyers.
"The barrier to entry is increasingly defined by existing family equity, rather than individual savings alone," she said.
Not every market shared the upswing equally. Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart and Darwin recorded lower shares of profitable resales compared with four years ago. Canberra was the only capital to see an annual decline in profit-making resales.
(So the boom is broad – but it's not uniform.)
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