{"id":339703,"date":"2026-03-20T20:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T20:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/339703\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T20:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T20:27:08","slug":"hawkes-bays-cheapest-and-most-expensive-house-sales-for-2025-from-a-5-15m-apartment-to-57k-cottage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/339703\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawke\u2019s Bay\u2019s cheapest and most expensive house sales for 2025: From a $5.15m apartment to $57k cottage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cPrices at this level are also more common in smaller centres,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWairoa\u2019s average house price is around half that of Napier, which creates more opportunities for buyers to pick up lower-cost homes.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the opposite end of the market, Hawke\u2019s Bay\u2019s most expensive residential sale in 2025 reached $5.15 million.<\/p>\n

\"AnAn apartment at Customs Quay in Ahuriri sold for $5.15m, making it one of Hawke\u2019s Bay\u2019s highest residential sales in 2025. Photo \/ OneRoof<\/p>\n

A waterfront luxury apartment in Ahuriri, Napier, sold for that amount in June, while a Havelock North property also sold for $5.15m in May.<\/p>\n

The Ahuriri apartment, one of only 18 in the exclusive Customs Quay development, featured three bedrooms, three-and-a-half bathrooms, two living areas and spans more than 314sq m, plus a 58sq m covered terrace overlooking the inner harbour. <\/p>\n

\"TheThe luxury apartment in the Customs Quay complex features three-and-a-half bathrooms, and two living areas over 314 sq m, plus a 58sq m covered terrace overlooking the harbour. Photo \/ Sotheby\u2019s International Realty<\/p>\n

Residents also have access to shared facilities including secure basement parking and a recreational deck with a swim-spa pool, sauna, spa and outdoor kitchen under a retractable roof.<\/p>\n

\"InteriorInterior of the luxury waterfront apartment in Ahuriri, Napier. Photo \/ Sotheby\u2019s International Realty<\/p>\n

Fraser Holland, central region director at Sotheby\u2019s International Realty, which handled the sale by sales associate Jacqui Taylor, said location and size were the key factors behind the high price.<\/p>\n

He said properties at the top end of the market in Hawke\u2019s Bay were often bought by high-net-worth retirees who still maintained business or investment interests but were drawn to the region\u2019s lifestyle.<\/p>\n

\u201cHawke\u2019s Bay sits in what I would call middle New Zealand when it comes to premium property,\u201d Holland said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt largely competes with Nelson-Tasman and parts of the Bay of Plenty, where high-value homes are still relatively attainable … compared with markets like Auckland or Queenstown.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"InsideInside Hawke’s Bay’s most expensive property sale in 2025. Photo \/ Sotheby\u2019s International Realty<\/p>\n

The figures highlight the wide range of property values across the region, from modest homes in smaller rural communities to multimillion-dollar properties in some of Hawke\u2019s Bay\u2019s most sought-after locations.<\/p>\n

OneRoof spokesman Owen Vaughan said buyers at the very top and very bottom of the property market tended to be different from typical homeowners.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very hard to draw any firm conclusions about the market when you look at both extremes,\u201d Vaughan told Hawke\u2019s Bay Today.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of those people that are looking for $5 million properties have very specific requirements and possibly aren\u2019t really restricted by pressures that you would have on normal buyers, like interest rates, inflation or economic performance.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the lower end of the market, however, many buyers were cash purchasers acquiring properties that required significant work or land suitable for development, he said.<\/p>\n

Across the wider housing market, Vaughan said Hawke\u2019s Bay property prices had remained relatively flat in the past year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere have been a good number of sales, but that hasn\u2019t translated into rapid price growth, and it\u2019s unlikely that there will be a big uplift in prices this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

While that may frustrate some sellers, Vaughan said stable prices could help first-home buyers to get into the market.<\/p>\n

Top Hawke\u2019s Bay home sales in 2025<\/p>\n

1. Customs Quay, Ahuriri, Napier. Residential – Apartments $5.15m<\/p>\n

2. Gummer Rd, Havelock North, Hastings. Residential – Dwelling $5.15m<\/p>\n

3. Customs Quay, Ahuriri, Napier. Residential – Apartments $5m<\/p>\n

4. Customs Quay, Ahuriri, Napier. Residential – Apartments $4.75m<\/p>\n

5. Waikoau Rd, Tutira, Hastings. Lifestyle – Improved $4.275m<\/p>\n

Cheapest Hawke\u2019s Bay home sales in 2025<\/p>\n

1- State Highway 38, Frasertown Wairoa Country, Wairoa. Residential – Dwelling $56,650<\/p>\n

2- Somerville St, Wairoa. Residential – Dwelling $80,000<\/p>\n

3- Western Extension, Tuai\/Ohuka, Wairoa. Residential – Dwelling $110,000<\/p>\n

4- Racecourse Rd, Waipukurau and Surrounds. Residential – Dwelling $120,000<\/p>\n

5- Spur Rd, Tuai\/Ohuka, Wairoa. Residential – Dwelling $135,000<\/p>\n

Rafaella Melo has more than 10 years of experience as a journalist in Brazil. She has worn many hats, from radio and TV presenter and producer to magazine editor before joining the Hawke\u2019s Bay Today team as a multimedia journalist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cPrices at this level are also more common in smaller centres,\u201d she said. \u201cWairoa\u2019s average house price is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[836,70195,181665,95,15494,7793,129570,8994,14739,2082,71,1976,10053,3025,111,43,139,69,667,61],"class_list":["post-339703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-836","tag-515m","tag-57k","tag-and","tag-apartment","tag-bays","tag-cheapest","tag-cottage","tag-expensive","tag-for","tag-from","tag-hawkes","tag-house","tag-most","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sales","tag-to"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}