Aussie homeowners pocketed a record $36.6 billion in resale profits over the June quarter, even as the share of properties selling at a loss edged higher.
Cotality’s Q2 2025 Pain & Gain report, which analysed around 97,000 resales, found 94.8 per cent of transactions made a nominal gain in the three months to June.
That was down slightly from 95 per cent in the March quarter, but still above the decade average of 91.5 per cent.
Cotality’s head of research, Eliza Owen, said sellers were achieving stronger returns despite the minor dip in profitability.
“Across all profit-making resales nationally, we saw a median nominal gain of $315,000 for sellers recorded in the June quarter,” Ms Owen said.
“This was a record high, up from $305,000 in the previous quarter, and the decade average of $250,000.
“Meanwhile, the national median loss fell to $42,000, down from $44,000 in the March quarter and a high of $45,000 in the December quarter of last year.”
The combined value of gains climbed to $36.6 billion, up from $33.3 billion in the March quarter and $33.8 billion a year earlier.
By contrast, loss-making sales rose slightly to 5.2 per cent of resales, with nearly 60 per cent of those losses concentrated in Sydney and Melbourne units.
Brisbane was the nation’s strongest-performing capital city market, with 99.7 per cent of resales turning a profit and a median gain of $400,000.
Adelaide followed at 99.1 per cent, while Perth recorded 98 per cent of sales in the black.
At the weaker end of the spectrum, Darwin had the highest share of loss-making sales at 20.6 per cent.
However, profitability there has improved as recent capital growth filters into the market.
Regional areas continued to outperform the capitals, with 96.4 per cent of resales achieving a gain compared with 93.9 per cent across the combined capital cities.
Ms Owen said the results reflected both resilience and shifting dynamics in the housing market.
“Between June and August this year, the likelihood of a loss-making resale has broadly reduced as national home values rose 1.3 per cent, and fewer markets at the suburb level recorded quarterly falls across Australia,” she said.
By the numbers – Q2 2025 Pain & Gain report
- $36.6b – total value of profits from resales in June quarter
- 94.8% – share of profit-making resales (down from 95% in March)
- $315,000 – median profit on resale (record high)
- $42,000 – median loss on resale (down from $44,000 in March)
- 5.2% – share of loss-making resales nationally
- 99.7% – Brisbane resales that made a profit (highest)
- 20.6% – Darwin resales that made a loss (highest)
- 96.4% – regional resales that made a profit (vs 93.9% in capitals)
