National average house asking price just under $1m
The average asking price for a house for sale in October was a little shy of $1 million at $993,135, Realestate.co.nz says.
Ten regions hit a 14-year record-high average asking price.
The figures are based on listings on Realestate.co.nz which had its second-largest month of the year with 1.35 million visitors to the site.
Central Otago Lakes district had the biggest increase in asking price, up 41.9 per cent from October 2020 to reach $1,423,038. Read more here.
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