Auckland house price slide continues

Tue, 06 Aug 2019

By Jenny Ruth Aug. 7 (BusinessDesk) - Falling house prices in Auckland continue to keep a lid on national house price inflation although some regions are still posting double-digit price increases. Prices across the Auckland region were down 2.6 percent in July on average compared with a year earlier, whereas prices across Dunedin were up 11.7 percent. Extreme outliers include Otorohanga where prices were up 35.5 percent on a year earlier, Kawerau, where they rose 29.2 percent and South Waikato, where they rose 24.2 percent. QV says...

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