Property buyers had more to choose from last month, with new figures showing listings increased in nearly every part of Australia.

PropTrack data shows new listings in capital cities were up by 8.8% month-on-month in October, while in the regional markets new listings were up 0.8% month-on-month.

The figures resulted in a national increase of listings of 2.4%.

Despite the monthly increase most capital cities had fewer new listings this year compared with last year, particularly Sydney and Melbourne.

Hobart is the only capital city to have more properties listed for sale this year than last year, up 26.5% year-on-year.

Listings also remain subdued in many regional areas with the number of properties being offered for sale less than would normally be expected at this time of the year.

New listings were up by only 0.8% month-on-month in October and down 12% compared with this time last year.

Sydney and Regional Queensland recorded small drops in listings in October.