Barfoot & Thompson says Auckland housing market moving again

Barfoot & Thompson says Auckland housing market moving again
Jenny Ruth
By Jenny Ruth Aug. 2 (BusinessDesk) - Auckland’s biggest realtor says there was a “modest but definite” shift in the housing market in July when property prices fell but sales numbers rose. “The modest fall in both average and median prices in the month was enough to unlock sales numbers, with July sales being their highest in the month of July for three years,” says Barfoot & Thompson managing director Peter Thompson. In the previous three months, sales had been more subdued with prices tending to edge higher. “In July, the fall in...

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