PHOTO: New Zealand House Sales
Summer took its toll on the house sale market, with national volumes down 9.5 per cent but Auckland harder hit and down 17.9 per cent in the last month.
Real Estate Institute data just out showed just 5954 properties sold last month throughout the country compared to February last year when 6576 properties were sold.
But in Auckland, the fall was more severe, down from 1654 residential properties sold last February to just 1358 last month.
REINZ chief executive Bindi Norwell said February this year bucked the trend.
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