Upper North Shore House Prices up 13%

According to Australian Property Monitors, house prices in Sydney have soared, and recently recorded its biggest jump since 2003.
In the area around Beecroft, median house prices moved as follows:

Upper North Shore Dec 08 $660,000, Dec 09 $750,000.
Lower North Shore Dec 08 $1,100,000, Dec 09 $1,337,500.

Of course we know that house prices in December 08 were down because of the financial crisis, so it would be interesting to see the figures for Dec 07 as well.