Aucklanders "with money in their pockets" are buying up properties in Northland's most expensive area, a Whangarei real estate agent says.
The latest QV New Zealand Herald Property Report shows the average house sale price in the Whangarei district rose 1 per cent in the three months to April to $338,647.
The cheapest area to buy a house across the Northland region for the quarter ending March 31 was Kaitaia with a median house price of $138,800, while the most expensive area was One Tree Point at $441,500.
Whangarei Barfoot and Thompson branch manager Martin Dear said Aucklanders were "coming north with money in their pockets".
"That area seems to suit them. It seems to be really going ahead."