House prices continue to rise, but the pace of growth is slowing, according to the latest Quotable Value figures.
Saturday, August 21st 2004, 5:15AM
by The Landlord
They show the national house index rose 1.9% in the June quarter, down from the 5% increase in the March quarter.
Mind you, the March quarter figures were revised from the previously published 4% rise, and the latest rise makes it 12 quarters in a row of price increases.
And the increase for the year ended June was 22%, up from the 15.5% increase in the previous year.
Significantly, among the regions, Nelson become one of the first areas in the past two years to record a quarterly decline, down 2.5% in the June quarter. "The decrease in Nelson is a result of the phenomenal, but unsustainable, growth experienced over the past two years," says QV Valuations spokesman Blue Hancock.
