House values surged another 1.4 per cent across Australia in March, pushing annual price growth to 19 per cent in Sydney and 16 per cent in Melbourne, new data shows.

Property data group CoreLogic says house values in Sydney are now growing at their fastest yearly rate since November 2002, while growth across all capital cities is at a seven-year high (12.9 per cent).

The figures released on Monday revealing continued runaway growth come as regulators, fearful of risky lending and an overheating of the housing market, slam the brakes on some types of home loans.

Hobart and Darwin had the biggest monthly jumps at 3.1 per cent, pushing the Tasmanian capital into double-digit annual growth at 10.2 per cent. Darwin properties have fallen 4.4 per cent however, off the back of poor economic conditions and migration trends, CoreLogic said.