Barfoot & Thompson's home sales in Auckland reached 957 properties in July, or roughly NZ$1.05 billion, up nearly 9% from 876 properties sold in the prior month, the real estate agency reported Monday.

In the same month a year earlier, home sales reached 902 properties valued at NZ$1.02 billion.

"This July we sold 957 properties across the Auckland region, which is the highest July sales total for four years," said Peter Thompson, managing director of Barfoot & Thompson.

He noted that over 46% of July sales exceeded NZ$1 million, marking the strongest July for seven-figure sales since 2021.

The median sales price for the month was NZ$950,000, compared with NZ$981,500 in June.

New listings totaled 1,605 properties, up nearly 14% from 1,405 properties in June.