Roost Home Loans spokeswoman Colleen Dennehy said banks were competing hard for business, meaning good deals for customers.
Tauranga Harcourts managing director Simon Martin told the Bay of Plenty Times there had been a number of sale and purchase agreements signed since Sunday. Mr Martin said it seemed people were out looking at their options in the weeks before the election.
"Now with the result in they have sort of committed to it."
Agents had also reported more people through open homes on Sunday, he said.
"I think it was because the result was so definite. In years gone by there was always that period of negotiation," he said.
"It's very positive for real estate."
Tauranga Harcourts general manager Nigel Martin had also noticed open homes were busier on Sunday. "There's more buyers out there at the moment and more people putting their houses on the market already," he said.
Auckland real estate company Barfoot & Thompson also reported busier open homes on Sunday.
Ross Stanway, chief executive of Realty Services, which operates Eves and Bayleys, said the average house price in the city had increased by about 5 per cent in the last two years.
House and land packages were increasing the supply of houses which would help improve affordability, Mr Stanway said.
