[whiskythedog]

hi everyone
this probably is of interest to uk viewers
data per NZ Herald on Sunday (22/4/07)

all in nz$ and average price of houses to 31 mar 07 (with 06)

region mar 07 mar 06
all 335000 300000
auckland 430000 380000
northland 307000 278000
whangarei 297000 260000
thames 387500 342500
hamilton 330000 295000
tauranga 355000 335000
papamoa 425000 390000
rotorua 239250 199000
taupo 348000 342500
gisborne 255000 213000
napier 300000 285000
hastings 270000 255000
palmerston 267000 222000
new plymouth 320000 275500
wanganui 185000 156000
wellington (all) 370000 312000
wellington (city)430000 402500
upper hutt 320000 270000
hutt valley 325000 275000
otaki 330000 282000
pukerua 374000 320000

im sure there is a clever link to all this (or a nice spreadsheet type layout...)
above can vary a lot as they are average house prices
the paper also gives a breakdown of auckland per suburb
these vary from
manurewa 295000 272750
eastern suburbs750000 665000

as you can see in auckland can have very similar prices to average uk location (but with better views or much nearer sea!)

if you want a specific auckland suburb contact me (OH)

[whiskythedog]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/8/index.cfm?c_id=8

lots of up to date property related stories

[Tia Maria]

Just read some of your link, I certainly hope they don't go for higher density housing, as someone commented before, some of the houses here are so close you can pass a cup of sugar to you neighbour through the window!

I stayed in a house in Sumner where the kitchen was overlooked by someone's lounge, the lounge was overlooked by someone's kitchen (on the first floor so they had a really good view!) and the main bedroom could be viewed by somone else from their kitchen! :o In fact the only place you were safe was the toilet.

Cheers

Tia

[katandbob]

whisky - not being funny - but maybe you should have headed it - AUCKLAND house prices mar 07

NZ doesnt stop at Auckland you know - LOL:laugh

Kat

(Who thought she'd never call herself a Southerner) :laugh :laugh

[Trigirl]

last time i looked wellington wasn't in auckland ??

(heading off to check in case i've accidentally become a JAFA)

[KerryS]

whisky - not being funny - but maybe you should have headed it - AUCKLAND house prices mar 07

NZ doesnt stop at Auckland you know - LOL:laugh

Kat

(Who thought she'd never call herself a Southerner) :laugh :laugh

Only the first line of what Whiskey quoted was relating to Auckland. The others are figures from all over the country. She did offer to provide extra info in relation to Auckland, possibly as it is so large and densely populated in relation to the rest of the country that the prices can vary dramatically from suburb to suburb. (As I'm sure they do in Wellington, Christchurch and any other city.)

[kanatakiwi]

A good site for anyone considering buying property in NZ is QV (Quotable Value). You can see information , demographics and property values on house sales in the areas you are interested in, Although some reports cost money to order through this site, there is alot of free information there too. Click on "Buying a Property".
https://www.qv.co.nz/buyingaproperty/

sorry cant do anything about those property prices, but this might help in finding areas you can afford and would like to live!
G

[katandbob]

last time i looked wellington wasn't in auckland ??

(heading off to check in case i've accidentally become a JAFA)

MY APPOLOGIES - should have put NORTH ISLAND THEN!

;) Kat

PS and the quote in the NZ herald telling aucklanders to come to Southland to get their foot on the property ladder didnt go down well either - Radio hosts had a field day with that headline!!:laugh

[whiskythedog]

hi again
i took the data from the newspaper (deliberately didnt list the other 15 auckland suburbs)
ive only been here a week so the place names are not familiar to me
i am sorry if they all relate to the north island ! methinks NZ herald is biased too!
(ps OH doing posting !)

[katandbob]

Yes I think it is probably - a bit like that guy on tv 1 in the mornings!
LOL

All those prices did to me was make me go EEK! good job I'm not a city gal as I'd be living in a cardboard box at them prices!

Kat.... ps got nothin against Nth Islanders! just in case you thought I had;)

cute dog BTW.