Someone commented on Facebook the other day about advice on privately selling a house and they received 60 comments from people in the region wanting to buy it, he said.
There was also a low supply in the market due to lots of buyers but sellers worrying that they would not be able to have as many purchase choices as they wanted, he said.
However, this would be resolved if more people sold into the market because it would widen the stock and if more land was available for redevelopment.
This was likely to resolved in Spring when it was more likely that people would put their house on the market.
High demand and low supply also pushed house prices up which was great for the market, he said.
"It's a positive property market for everyone."
Colliers International Central Region director Cam Ward said he was continuing to see excellent results in sales of houses in the upper to high price ranges.
This is partly to do with people upgrading, up sizing and others moving into the region especially from Auckland because they can get great capital gain and employment, he said.
"This is certainly helping the market."
Taradale and Greenmeadows have really strong sales numbers and good buyer action due to being desirable areas to raise a family with good schools, he said.
Hawke's Bay started to see a healthy growth in property prices, without spikes like other regions, last year and this has continued to grow with houses still being affordable.
Bayleys Havelock North residential manager Daniel Moffit said he has seen an incredible increase in the number of properties over $1million selling due to prices increasing and people buying properties from out of the region.
Napier Hill, Esk Valley and Havelock North were desirable places with steadily increasing prices.
Hastings has shown the highest growth having had an increase in the median house price of 15.82% over the last 12 months.
There have been strong house prices throughout the region with 36.05% growth since 2014 and all areas showing growth over this period.
Sale volumes have been at record highs with 251 sales occurring for Hawkes Bay in March 2017.
In Ahuriri the median sale price was $572,000 for the first half of 2017 compared to $540,000 for the same six month period in 2016.
Parklands showed significant growth in the first of 2017 and now has the regions
highest median house price of $680,000.
Taradale has seen the largest sale volumes with 98 sales so far in 2017 with the
majority of these sales being in the $350,000 - $400,000 price bracket.
Clive is the district's top performer showing 24.82% growth.
Flaxmere's median house price is now $210,000; the highest median price that has been recorded for the area.
