Perth has recorded the highest proportion of profitable house resales of any capital city in Australia. According to the Domain Profit and Loss Report for the first half of 2026, 99.6% of Perth houses resold for a gain – a record high – with a median profit of $610,000, up 41.9% on the previous year. For units, the median resale profit reached $294,000, up 72.9%.
Perth has been one of Australia’s fastest-growing property markets and owners are now seeing that growth convert into record resale profits.
The numbers behind Perth’s long-term track record
According to Domain, Australian properties are typically held for around nine years. In Perth’s case, the long-term capital growth picture shows why that patience can pay off. Perth’s median house price reached a record $1,183,108 in the June 2026 quarter, having grown 22.5%, or $217,275, over the past year alone, the strongest annual growth of any capital city. The current growth cycle has now run for 15 consecutive quarters, the longest uninterrupted stretch since 2000–07.
That sustained growth is what the Domain profitability figures reflect. Perth’s median house resale profit of over $600,000 was not the result of one exceptional year – it is what happens when solid annual gains compound over years of ownership in a market with strong underlying demand.
In the short term, conditions do fluctuate. Quarterly house price growth has eased to its slowest pace in 15 months, and unit prices dipped 1.3% in the June quarter. So for buyers focused on those movements, it can feel like the wrong time to act. But the profitability data tells a different story: across nearly every point of entry over the past several years, Perth owners have come out ahead.
Gains across the market
That broad spread was one of the more significant findings in the Domain report. Several Perth suburbs recorded 100% profitable house resales, and Domain found that strong resale outcomes were not confined to prestige or high-income areas. Locations including Belmont–Victoria Park, Fremantle, Mundaring, Serpentine–Jarrahdale and South Perth all achieved that result. This suggests that the conditions driving Perth’s resale profitability have not been limited to blue-chip postcodes.
That said, the biggest profits in dollar terms did come from Perth’s higher-value suburbs, where median house resale profits exceeded $800,000 in some instances. Higher entry prices mean bigger dollar gains, even if the growth rates are similar to more affordable suburbs.
What does this mean for buyers today?
Past profitability does not guarantee future returns, and the Domain data should be read as historical context rather than a forecast. Individual outcomes will always depend on the property itself, the purchase price paid, the suburb’s underlying demand profile and the buyer’s own investment horizon and objectives.
What this data does reinforce is that Perth property, assessed carefully and held with patience, has consistently rewarded owners who stayed the course. Getting those individual decisions right is where Resolve Property Solutions can help. As a buyer’s agent working exclusively for buyers, we bring on-the-ground market knowledge and independent advice to every purchase, with one objective: finding you a suitable property for your goals.
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