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4.5% increase in million-dollar-plus properties sold in 2018

Published: Fri 8 Feb 2019 09:20 AM
The number of properties sold around the country for a million dollars or more during 2018 increased by 4.5% when compared to 2017 (10,615 up from 10,163). However, this figure is down significantly on 2016, when 11,648 million-dollar plus properties were sold around the country according to the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand’s (REINZ) Million Dollar Price Report.
In the Auckland market, the number of million-dollar properties sold during 2018 fell by -1.6% when compared to the previous year (7,888 down from 8,014). This was the lowest number of million-dollar-plus properties sold in Auckland for four years.
Looking at the New Zealand excluding Auckland picture, the number of million-dollar plus properties increased year-on-year by 26.9% (2,727 up from 2149 – an additional 578 properties).
Bindi Norwell, Chief Executive at REINZ says: “Volumes of million-dollar plus sales were up year-on-year by 4.5% across the country. This figure has been pulled down by the ‘Auckland impact’. If you remove Auckland from the picture, then the number of million-dollar plus properties actually significantly increased 26.9%, which has been largely driven by the regional growth the country has been experiencing.
Regional Breakdown
The region with the largest year-on-year increase was Marlborough which saw an increase of 90.9% - from 11 properties sold for $1 million-dollars or more in 2017 to 21 properties sold for $1 million-dollars or more in 2018. However, these numbers are inflated due to the small sample size.
13 out of 15 regions saw year-on-year increases in number of properties for $1 million plus, with Southland remaining steady, and Auckland being the only region with a decrease.
“All regions except Auckland and Southland reached record numbers of properties sold for $1 million or more in 2018,” says Bindi Norwell.
Regions with the strongest increases in the number of million-dollar plus sales year-on-year in addition to Marlborough were:
• Manawatu/Wanganui +83.3%: up from 12 to 22 properties
• Northland +62.3%: up from 69 to 112 properties
• Gisborne +50.0%: up from 4 to 6
• Nelson +45.7%: up from 35 to 51.
Canterbury was one of two regions with an annual rise in the number of properties sold for $3 million plus in 2018, increasing 140.0% (12 properties up from 5 in 2017). Wellington was the only other region with an increase, going from 5 to 6 properties.
Wellington was the only region to see an increase in the number of properties sold in excess of $5 million (from 0 in 2017 to 1 in 2018), all other regions remained on par with the numbers sold in 2017 or decreased in volume.
“Across the country, 71 properties were sold in the $5 million plus category – 63 in Auckland (compared to 76 in 2017), 5 in Otago (compared to 6 in 2017) 1 in Bay of Plenty (the same as in 2017), 1 in Canterbury (also remaining the same) and 1 in Wellington (up from 0 in 2017),” concludes Norwell.
For further information, please contact Dee Crooks, Head of Communications at REINZ, on 021 953 308.
Table 1: Number of million-dollar plus properties sold in NZRegion$1m + sales 2017$1m+ sales 2018% change$3m + sales 2017$3m + sales 2018% change$5m + sales
2017$5m + sales
2018% changeAuckland8,0147,888-1.6%401358-10.7%7663-17.1%Bay of Plenty36742816.6%108-20.0%110%Canterbury3443738.4%512140.0%110%Gisborne4650.0%000%000%Hawke's Bay546825.9%000%000%Manawatu-Wanganui122283.3%000%000%Marlborough112190.9%000%000%Nelson355145.7%000%000%Northland6911262.3%020%000%Otago38046121.3%2422-8.3%65-16.7%Southland330%000%000%Taranaki364113.9%010%000%Tasman324128.1%010%000%Waikato26735633.3%440%000%Wellington53574439.1%5620.0%010%TOTAL10,16310,6154.5%449414-7.8%8471-15.5%

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