The average value of New Zealand homes is currently declining by more than $1200 a week, according to the latest data from Quotable Value.
According to the QV House Price Index, the average value of New Zealand homes was $945,568 at the end of November. That's down $5472 from $951,040 at the end of October.
That means average values are currently declining by about $1262 a week.
However between the end of January and the end of November, the national average value declined by $118,197, equivalent to almost $2750 a week.
That suggests while property values are continuing to decline, the rate of decline is slowing.
Over the three months to the end of November the average value of New Zealand homes declined by 2.9%, which was less of a decline than the 3.9% fall recorded for the three months to the end of October.
QV says the biggest value declines since the beginning of the year have occurred in Wellington -18.7%, Palmerston North -14.5%, Hastings -12.5%, Auckland -12.2%, Napier -12.0%, Dunedin -11.5%, Hamilton -11.3% and Tauranga -9.3%.
Queenstown-Lakes is the only district to have gone against the trend, with average values there up 5.4% since the start of the year.
The table below shows average dwelling values in the main urban centres throughout the country at the end of November and how much they declined over the previous three months.
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