Investors back as house prices climb

Property investors are coming back into the market after investment finance hit a low in January 2009. BIS Shrapnel expects prices to keep going up. Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide house prices will increase by a total of 19 per cent over the three years to June 2012. Canberra will grow by 17 per cent, Brisbane by 16 per cent, Gold Coast 14 per cent, Perth by 12 per cent and Darwin by 11 per cent.