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<\/p>\n– Jay Singh sold a four-bedroom house in Papakura for $1.09m from overseas on New Year\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n
– Charlie Brothers sold a two-bedroom apartment in Manukau for $265,000 on Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n
– Auckland\u2019s housing market is active, with increased buyer interest and pre-auction offers, but not at 2021 levels.<\/p>\n
A South Auckland real estate agent was busy negotiating a house sale from Istanbul and Guangzhou airports on New Year\u2019s Day, an auspicious start for the housing market in 2026.<\/p>\n
Ray White Manukau agent Jay Singh told OneRoof that he brokered the deal for a stylish four-bedroom house on Nola Dawn Avenue, in Papakura, at the tail end of his Christmas break.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe phone just started blowing up after 30 hours of travel. We started organising viewings, and a client of mine who lived up the road wanted his friend to live nearby. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey saw it New Year\u2019s eve. We went back and forth negotiating for two days, and when I landed in Guangzhou 12 hours later, I had the iPad with me, and we sent the paperwork off, and we got it signed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe sold it for $1.09m, more than a similar house with one more bedroom had got back in November. It\u2019s a good indicator to start the year. Twelve people went through the property during that holiday week. A lot of people wanted to start the year having secured a property.\u201d <\/p>\n
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A two-bedroom apartment in Manukau was snapped up for $265,000 on Christmas Eve. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n
Singh\u2019s colleague Charlie Brothers<\/a> also enjoyed some early success. He listed a two-bedroom apartment in M Central, on Putney Way, in Manukau, on Christmas Eve and sold it that same night to an investor for $265,000.<\/p>\n Brothers had tried to sell the property earlier in the year \u2013 at one point asking $299,000 \u2013 but by Christmas, the vendor\u2019s circumstances had changed, and she was desperate to offload the property.<\/p>\n \u201cWe sent a text to everybody on our database on Christmas Eve saying it\u2019s been put to auction [on January 28] and it must be sold on the day. A buyer came forward, we negotiated the highest offer, and it sold that night.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cThese apartments don\u2019t sell quickly; they are a struggle.\u201d<\/p>\n Discover more:<\/p>\n – Why beachfront properties in this town are selling for half the price <\/a><\/p>\n – Fashion power couple sell their art-filled villa for more than RV<\/a><\/p>\n – Tiny South Island bach with $100,000 RV smashes it at auction<\/a><\/p>\n Records show the property last sold for $287,000, when the block was built in 2025.<\/p>\n Auckland agents that OneRoof spoke to said the market was noticeably fizzing, with many reporting crowded open homes and an uptick in pre-auction offers. Ray White is hosting two mega auctions in the next few weeks, with around 140 properties on the block.<\/p>\n In Manukau, where 60 properties are slated for sale on January 28, agency co-owner Tom Rawson said that five already had good enough pre-auction offers to be sold now. <\/p>\n \u201cInterest rates coming down got people thinking, \u2018If I\u2019m gonna buy, now is a good time \u2013 money is not gonna get too much cheaper\u2019,\u201d Rawson said, noting that properties had already had good numbers of buyers through open homes.<\/p>\n In Auckland City, Ray White Epsom co-owner Nick Lyus reported 82 groups through the first open home of a smartly-renovated three-bedroom house at 2A Whites Way, in Ellerslie<\/a>, which has an RV of $1.35m. Five days later, it had been seen by 162 groups. <\/p>\n 2A Whites Way, in Ellerslie, attracted 82 groups at its first open home. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n \u201cIt is the busiest campaign I\u2019ve had in 16 years of selling.\u201d <\/p>\n He said that \u201cpeople are prepared to stand and fight\u201d for properties like the one he is selling. <\/p>\n \u201cFor the last two years, [the market] has been flat, but over Christmas people went, \u2018OK, let\u2019s get into it\u2019.\u201d <\/p>\n Ray White Jerry Chen told OneRoof that a renovated bungalow he is selling at 50 Calgary Street, Mount Eden<\/a>, was seen by 120 groups of buyers in its first weekend on the market. <\/p>\n \u201cAny time there\u2019s a really well-done house, it just attracts lots of people,\u201d Chen said. The four-bedroom house, which has an RV of $2.025m, is pulling in buyers who have been waiting for the perfect place to come up.<\/p>\n He anticipates that properties that failed to sell in the past couple of years will be coming back on the market now because the market is healthier. \u201cBut I don\u2019t think we\u2019ll see a market like 2021 for a long time. It was not sustainable and was really bad for everyone.\u201d <\/p>\n Ray White agent Jerry Chen says his listing at 50 Calgary Street, in Mount Eden, is pulling in buyers. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n On the North Shore, Ray White agent Kris Cunningham said there had been a lot of buyer interest in the 80-odd properties the agency is bringing to auction on February 3, with some attracting strong pre-auction offers.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have to pay a good price if you want to take a property off the market,\u201d he said, adding that in the past six months, he has had five properties pulled from auction by early offers. <\/p>\n However, he wasn\u2019t seeing 2021-levels of FOMO. Only top-quality homes were being fought over now, whereas back then, 90% of places were selling quickly.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/17193fd647400d0ed33dbe972a2c2230.jpg\")
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