From Australia, yesterday, only, house price index figures were released.The price index for residential properties for the weighted average of the eight capital cities rose 0.2% in the December quarter 2015. Analysts were anticipating increase by 0.1%. The index rose 8.7% through the year to the December quarter 2015. The total value of residential dwellings in Australia was $5,885,967.2m at the end of December quarter 2015, rising $31,557.1m over the quarter. The mean price of residential dwellings rose $800 to $612,100 and the number of residential dwellings rose by 38,700 to 9,615,800 in the December quarter 2015.