There was a sharp drop in the number of homes sold by Harcourts in Auckland/Northland last month compared to September and the average selling price in the region was also down.
Harcourts sold 533 homes in Northland/Auckland last month, down 16% compared with September, and the average selling price in the region declined by $25,329 (-5%) compared to September.
However the number of sales in the region was still up 3.5% compared to October last year and the average selling price was up 23% (see table below for full results).
The number of new listings Harcourts received in the Northland/Auckland region was also down sharply compared to both September and to October last year.
However sales were more buoyant in most other parts of the country, with average selling prices rising in all other regions compared to September and the number of sales rising in all other regions except the South Island (excluding Christchurch).
Harcourts chief executive Chris Kennedy said sales across the whole country were up 11% in October compared to the same month last year although new listings were down 11.%.
Although there had been much talk of a flattening of the market in Auckland, there was plenty of activity around the country, particularly in the central North Island and Wellington, he said.
"Central region and possibly Wellington do seem to be experiencing that halo effect of buyers beginning to shop further afield from Auckland for property," he said.
| New listings | No. of Sales | Average Price | ||||
| Sept | Oct | Sept | Oct | Sept | Oct | |
| Auckland/Northland | 798 | 745 | 636 | 533 | $841,502 | $822,604 |
| Waikato/BoP/Central North Island | 509 | 554 | 551 | 545 | $363,586 | $376,205 |
| Wellington/Lower North Island | 420 | 378 | 332 | 335 | $362,511 | $385,756 |
| Christchurch | 526 | 572 | 459 | 463 | $511,703 | $516,168 |
| Rest of South Island | 304 | 350 | 310 | 256 | $318,631 | $326,266 |
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