‘Interest in properties up slightly.
Otago Daily Times: 29 Feb, 2012
“The year has got off to a “positive start” in terms of properties, the latest Queenstown Real Estate sales report shows.
Real Estate Institute of New Zealand Queenstown spokesman Kelvin Collins said a 950sqm property at Queenstown Hill sold for $5.25 million, the highest price for a house in the resort for four years. —- “
This headline really doesn’t come close to sharing the full picture as the volume of residential land and home sales January 2012 v 2011 increased this year by 23.5% and the sales value by a massive 60%. There’s absolutely no mention of the REINZ reported rural sales for January 2012 ($9.140m) comparing the poultry $395,000 reported for January 2011.
A quick bit of maths adding the residential and rural sales (all property types) for January this year totals a whopping $38.950M comparing $19.304m reported for January 2011. That’s a not so shabby 101% increase to kick off 2012. ‘Up Slightly’ —- my view clearly differs.
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QUEENSTOWN AREA PROPERTY SALES Year-to-Date 2012– January 2012 V 2010
Note: Data represents sales reported by REINZ agencies. Private sales not included.
| Type | January 2012 | January 2011 | |
| Number of sales | Residential Dwellings | 20 | 15 |
| Apartments | 4 | 2 | |
| Units | 8 | 11 | |
| Townhouses | 3 | 2 | |
| Sections / Vacant | 7 | 4 | |
| Rural Lifestyle | 5 | 1 | |
| TOTAL | 47 | 35 | |
| Value of sales ($) | Dwellings(Excludes Apartments) | $25,474,660 | $15,584,889 |
| Apartments | $1,618,500 | $1,365,000 | |
| Sections / Vacant | $2,717,000 | $1,960,000 | |
| Rural Lifestyle | $9,140,000 | $ 395,000 | |
| TOTAL | $38,950,160 | $19,304,889 | |
| Median Sell Price | Dwellings all types | $499,000 | $485,000 |
| Apartments | $402,750 | $682,500 | |
| Residential Dwellings | $644,000 | $565,000 | |
| Units | $282,500 | $350,000 | |
| Townhouses | $424,000 | $498,000 | |
| Sections / Vacant | $315,000 | $395,000 | |
| Rural Lifestyle | $740,000 | $395,000 | |
| Median days to Sell | Dwellings all types(Includes apartments) | 50-days | 49-days |
| Residential Sections | 365-days | 106-days |
Data Source: REINZ. Private sales data not included.
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Steve Lindsay 