Whangarei's housing market is flatlining - despite an increase in sales activity, a local QV spokesman says.
The latest QV New Zealand Herald Property Report, released this week, shows the average house sale price in the Whangarei district remained unchanged between July and September at $330,727, while Auckland region prices jumped 4.8 per cent to $676,053.
The cheapest area to buy a house across Northland was Dargaville, with a median house price of $156,000, while the most expensive area was Whangarei Heads at $457,000.
Meanwhile, PropertyIQ figures show first-home buyers have accounted for 17 per cent of all residential sales in Whangarei, 13 per cent in Kaipara and 12 per cent in the Far North since the beginning of 2012.
West Auckland had the highest proportion of first home buyer sales at 29 per cent, compared with just 6 per cent in the Coromandel.