by Jenny Ruth
Still, the median price figures suggest the Reserve Bank needn’t worry about house price inflation.
The median house price fell from $177,000 in June to $170,000 in July which equalled the median price in July last year.
Real Estate Institute president Rex Hadley interprets the figures as showing stable prices.
"During 2001, the national median price has moved up and down each month by up to $8,000 but appears to be achieving a stability within this range," he says.
The institute’s figures show that while the number of houses sold nationally fell from 6,147 in June to 6,122 in July, that was up from only 5,168 houses in July last year.
Nevertheless the numbers sold each month have been declining from the 6,506 houses sold in April this year. And the July number is well down on the 7,393 houses sold in July 1997.
The total value of sales fell from $1.3 billion in June to $1.25 billion in July, but that was well up on the $1.06 billion sold in July last year.
On a regional basis, five of the 11 regions saw the July median price increase from June while the other six regions experienced declines. Compared with July last year, the median price rose in seven of the regions, fell in three and was unchanged in the other.
Compared with June, activity rose in seven of the regions and fell in four. Compared with July last year, activity rose in all but one of the regions. The odd one out was Wellington where sales fell from 791 in July last year to 777 this July.
REGION | JULY 96 | JULY 97 | JULY 98 | JULY 99 | JULY 00 | JUNE 01 | JULY 01 |
Northland |
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Auckland |
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Waikato/BOP/Gisborne |
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Hawkes Bay |
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Manawatu/Wanganui |
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Taranaki |
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Wellington |
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Nelson/Marlborough |
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Canterbury/Westland |
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Otago |
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Southland |
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NZ Total |
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