NZ house sale price, turnover rises in February as cooling Auckland stokes interest elsewhere: REINZ

NZ house sale price, turnover rises in February as cooling Auckland stokes interest elsewhere: REINZ
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth March 11 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand house sale prices and turnover rose in February from a year earlier as Auckland's cooling property market stoked interest across the rest of the country.  The median sale price increased 4.7 percent in February to $450,000 from the same month a year earlier, while the number of properties sold was up 18 percent to 7,291, according to the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand. Auckland sales dropped 18 percent to 1,936, while the median sales price was up 11 percent to $750,000, moderatin...