Here's where house sellers are asking the highest prices

While the rest of the country has gone through a property market downturn over the past year, there’s one region that may have missed the memo. Realestate.co.nz data shows that while the national average asking price dropped from $920,422 in December 2022 to $877,216 last month, the Central Otago/Lakes district shot ahead with a 16.2% year-on-year increase and a 13.4% increase month-on-month. 11 January 2024 [View in Browser]( Hello and welcome to your morning briefing from Stuff, bringing you the top stories and news you'll want to read. [Here's where house sellers are asking the highest prices]( [Here's where house sellers are asking the highest prices]( [While the rest of the country has gone through a property market downturn over the past year, there’s one region that may have missed the memo. Realestate.co.nz data shows that while the national...]( [The pothole and a complaint process that took a long road to nowhere]( [The pothole and a complaint process that took a long road to nowhere]( [Raj Narayan had enjoyed his newly purchased 2018 BMW 125i for about 15 minutes when he hit a pothole on State Highway 2 near Napier, that caused his rear-view mirror to fly off, and damaged his...]( [Construction cost increases hit 7-year low as residential building sector continues to cool]( [Construction cost increases hit 7-year low as residential building sector continues to cool]( [Construction costs are rising at the slowest rate in seven years as the residential building sector continues to cool, CoreLogic says. The property data firm’s latest Cordell Construction Cost...]( Newsable: the news worth talking about Join Imogen Wells and Jess McCarthy for your daily dose of exclusives, analysis and fresh perspectives on news. The podcast drops each weekday from 6am on [newsable.co.nz]( or listen on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. [Listen to the latest episode of Newsable →]( [New Zealand's five hottest days in history]( [New Zealand's five hottest days in history]( [With New Zealand temperatures set to break 30C in multiple places from Thursday, it’s time to crank up the air conditioner, find some decent shade...]( [Hastings' 80-year-old rubbish collector was picking up litter days before his death]( [Hastings' 80-year-old rubbish collector was picking up litter days before his death]( [Denis Hancock was cleaning the streets of the city he loved until days before his death. One of Hastings' favourite, and certainly most ubiquitous,...]( [What's it like to live in one of Aotearoa's sunniest - and one of the least sunny - places?]( [What's it like to live in one of Aotearoa's sunniest - and one of the least sunny - places?]( [There's no denying the sun makes us feel good, but then again too much of it can be a health hazard, so just what's it like living in one of the...]( [The 'pretty ordinary' adventures of Tril Sutherland, 100]( [The 'pretty ordinary' adventures of Tril Sutherland, 100]( [Tril Sutherland once danced the nights away with Pacific-war bound GIs, has visited both the Arctic and Antarctic, came within a whisker of living...]( [Kieran Read and Nathan McCullum part of line-up for T20 Black Clash]( [Kieran Read and Nathan McCullum part of line-up for T20 Black Clash]( [If you had to put money on which side would win this year’s T20 Black Clash who would you pick? Would it be Team Cricket, which features former...]( [The Great Kiwi Bake Off judge Peter Gordon: 'I can see why people don't bake']( [The Great Kiwi Bake Off judge Peter Gordon: 'I can see why people don't bake']( [When it comes to baking, Peter Gordon is, as marketing-type people might say, ‘on brand’. The award-winning chef, cookbook author and judge on The...]( Enjoying this email? [Check out Stuff's other daily and weekly newsletters](. [Feedback]( [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy]( Stuff, 4 Williamson Ave, Ponsonby, Auckland, 1021, New Zealand