Auckland house sales fall in October, as listings grow

Auckland house sales fall in October, as listings grow
By Suze Metherell Nov. 5 (BusinessDesk) - Auckland house sales fell in October from the month earlier, as the number of unsold properties on Barfoot & Thompson's books rose to the highest level since July, the city's biggest realtor said. The number of sales slipped to 939 last month, from 959 in September and was 21.9 percent below the number of sales in October a year earlier, Barfoot said in a statement. The average sale price slipped 0.4 percent from September to $736,238 but was 11 percent higher than the same month a year ago. Ho...