Auckland house sales drop in August as winter, election weigh

Auckland house sales drop in August as winter, election weigh
By Paul McBeth Sept. 3 (BusinessDesk) - Auckland house sales fell for a third month in August and the number of listings remained muted in the tail-end of winter and lead-up to this month's general election, according to realtor Barfoot & Thompson. The number of sales fell to 909 in August from 983 in July, and 1,200 in the same month a year earlier, Auckland's biggest realtor said in a statement. New listings fell 19 percent to 1,129 in August from July, and were down 34 percent from a year earlier. The average sales price slipped 1.1 pe...