Investors got house prices rising again in April, cutting off hopes and fears, depending on your perspective, that Australia's property boom was over.

The CoreLogic RP Data Home Value index, a closely followed index of home prices in the capital cities, rose 1.7 per cent in the month from the previous month. It was a little higher than preliminary 1.5 per cent rise released by CoreLogic last Thursday.

"The annual rate of growth in Sydney peaked at 18.4 per cent in July last year and has since moderated back to slightly less than half the peak rate of growth, at 8.9 per cent over the most recent 12-month period," CoreLogic RP Data research director Tim Lawless said.

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In April, prices rose 2.4 per cent in Sydney and 1.1 per cent for Melbourne. Brisbane and Adelaide also showed growth of 2 per cent or more for the month. Even Perth, which has been hit by the end of the mining boom, rose 0.5 per cent. Only prices in Hobart and Darwin fell for the month.

Recent housing data shows investors are starting to return to the market, after a period of absence in response to regulatory limits on investor lending last year, ANZ Research said in a note. Investors still make up about 46 per cent of all new mortgage commitments, Corelogic said.