Property prices and sales on the up in October

REINZ said monthly sales volumes were up and median selling prices rose to a new record high in October, defying predictions of a softening property market.

The national median selling price hit $252,500 in October, up from $250,000 in September. Sales rose to 8191 in October, up from 7854. It also took less time to sell properties, with median days to sell down from 31 to 30.

On an annual basis prices were up 11.23 per cent from the $227,000 median of October last year, but sales were well down from the previous year's 10,923.

REINZ president Howard Morley said it looked like the lower end of the market was recovering more quickly than the top end of the market.

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