Hawke's Bay still leads the way in rise in the residential property market, although October figures were below the record high median of $405,000.
The October median of $400,000 was 18.7 per cent up on the median for October last year, although the volume of sales was down 9.4 per cent.
The median in the Hastings District rose 43.6 per cent from $280,000 in October last year to $402,000 last month, when 97 properties changed hands.
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In Napier, the median dropped $5000 from September to October's $430,000, in Central Hawke's Bay there was an 8.7 per cent increase to $282,750, and in Tararua there was a 12 per cent year-on-year increase to last month's mean of $177,000.