Muriwai property prices out-soaring the gannets

Residents of the west Rodney village are astonished by the high prices fetched at two house auctions last weekend, one setting a record for the area.

The house at 11 Ngatira Rd, which has views out to sea and the gannet colony, sold at auction for $750,000 last Saturday, double the valuation set for rating purposes two years ago.

Then, on Sunday, a house with sea views but farther inland at 48 Domain Cres, fetched $652,000.

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