The Market Did Not Slow
/The new Covid outbreak did not slow the housing market, with new OneRoof-Valocity house price figures showing positive growth in all but two regions since the start of the pandemic.
The OneRoof-Valocity Covid Index found that property values nationwide were up 1.9% in the five months to the end of August.
Greater Auckland was up 1.8% on the index, despite a return to lockdown, but the best-performing regions were Hawke's Bay and Canterbury - both up 3.7% - followed by Manawatū-Whanganui (+2.5%) and Wellington (+2.2%).
