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Last month I sold a property for the first time β€” one I'd co-owned with my mother. She'd moved into a retirement village, and we needed to sell to fund her care. I tried to follow the advice I give clients: prep well, invest in the right places, match the method of sale to your buyers. We got 3 offers, all close…

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Last month I sold a property for the first time β€” one I'd co-owned with my mother. She'd moved into a retirement village, and we needed to sell to fund her care. I tried to follow the advice I give clients: prep well, invest in the right places, match the method of sale to your buyers. We got 3 offers, all close together, all pretty much where I expected from the start. The lotto moment didn't happen. A clean result on good terms did.

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Read the full post here. πŸ” Market snapshot – April 2026 Here’s how the numbers landed across the region this month. πŸ“ Christchurch City 🏷️ Median sale price: $720K (↑4.1% YoY) πŸ” Search activity: 1.26M searches (↑9%) 🏠 New listings: 978 (↑15%) ⏱️ Median days to sell: 43 days on site (↓4%) πŸ“ Selwyn District 🏷️ Median sale price: $800K (↑0.3% YoY) πŸ” Search activity: 289K searches (↑1%) 🏠 New listings: 323 (↑12%) ⏱️ Median days to sell: 62 days on site (↓13%) πŸ“ Waimakariri District 🏷️ Median sale price: $725K (↓1.6% YoY) πŸ” Search activity: 248K searches (↓2%) 🏠 New listings: 187 (↓15%) ⏱️ Median days to sell: 54 days on site (↓17%) Canterbury's House Price Index sits at +3.0% year-on-year β€” second highest nationally. Source: REINZ Property Report April 2026 & Trade Me Onehub Statistics β›³ Wolfbrook got their deal. Now comes the hard part. Wolfbrook Property's purchase of the…

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