New records for Auckland and Canterbury house prices in best May sales for six years

New records for Auckland and Canterbury house prices in best May sales for six years
June 12 (BusinessDesk) – Median house prices in Auckland, Canterbury/Westland and Nelson/Marlborough rose to a record last month, in the best national sales for May in six years, according to the Real Estate Institute. The median price in Auckland rose to $565,000 last month from $555,000 in April, the biggest gain of any region. Auckland prices also rose 2 percent to a new record high based on the REINZ Stratified Median Housing Price Index, the Reserve Bank’s preferred measure that strips out distortions in the data. The figures were relea...