In regional markets the volume of listings has had mixed results for the first month of the year . South Australia and its robust mining sectors kept monthly listing numbers growing , up eight per cent and was the best performing nationally with a year-on-year change of -3 per cent . New South Wales and Queensland have seen an uptick notably in the holiday home market , resulting in a monthly increase by 10 per cent . Across all regional markets , there were improvement in the month of four per cent , yet year-on-year this still represents a decline of 17 per cent .