The weighted average price of established houses in Australian capital cities fell 2.2% in the first quarter of 2009 from the fourth quarter of 2008, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said.
The bureau's house price index also showed the weighted average price of established houses in Australia's eight capital cities was down 6.7% from the year earlier quarter.
The house price index for Sydney fell 2.9% in the first quarter, and fell 7.3% from a year earlier. Perth city had the largest quarterly decrease of 3.6%.