Central Otago Lakes homes at a $565,000 premium to Auckland

Central Otago Lakes homes at a $565,000 premium to Auckland
Queenstown is well ahead of national house price average. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Brent Melville
New real estate listings climbed 10.5% nationally last month, while the Central Otago Lakes district put more daylight between it and Auckland, hitting an average asking price of $1.62 million. Listings site realestate.co.nz reported 7,347 new property listings across the board in January, with a 22.4% increase in Auckland listings to 2,461.  The biggest jump in homes headed to market was in Wairarapa, which had a 42.9% jump to 110, while Coromandel's 139 listings were a 26.4% year-on-year increase.Although the number of...

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