The median price of houses sold last month throughout New Zealand jumped $9000 - but Auckland bucked the trend with a $10,000 fall.
The Real Estate Institute said the national median went from $350,000 in September to $359,000 but sale numbers rose in only four areas and the market had not picked up much.
Auckland's median fell from $475,000 in September to $465,000 although the number of sales was up a third on last October.
Aucklanders appeared worried about the European political and economic turmoil, interest rates and the general economy, REINZ said.
QV last week discovered house values had made a dramatic recovery and were only 4.4 per cent below the top of the market four years ago.