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Welcome to our SOLD Browns Bay Market Report magazine
for August/September 2025
Our magazine contains the latest available information regarding property sales in the local area along with details of market trends, stats and tips.
Aucklanders continue to have an almost insatiable appetite for property market intelligence, so each month we will share details of the trends in your area. This is just part of our commitment to continue delivering you the highest level of service.
We’ve been locals for decades so we know the area well. Our goal is to apply this knowledge for you so you’re able to make the most of the opportunity that today’s and tomorrow’s market presents.
Please do not hesitate to contact any of our sales team if you would like more information, we would be delighted to help you with your real estate needs.
Thank you and all the best for the coming month.
Browns Bay branch 35 Clyde Road Browns Bay, Auckland 0630
Darren James and the Browns Bay team
Latest News
Auckland house prices hold firm through busy July
The start of winter has failed to chill Auckland’s property market, with July sales volumes up just over 9 percent on June’s figures and new listings up more than 14 percent month-on-month.
“This July we sold 957 properties across the Auckland region, which is the highest July sales total for four years. In fact, if you were to ignore the July sales figures for 2020 and 2021, which were unusually high due to falling between Covid lockdowns, this has been our strongest July for almost a decade,” says Peter Thompson, Managing Director of Barfoot & Thompson.
“The average sale price for the month of July was $1,100,355. This is around 2.5 percent lower than June’s average sale price, but broadly in line with the average for the first half of the year, which has remained consistent throughout.
“The median sales price for July was $950,000, 3.2 percent lower
than June’s median price and 2 percent lower than July 2024, but just ahead of the average for the previous three months.
“More than 46 percent of sales in July were transacted for over $1 million, making this our strongest July for seven-figure sales since 2021. Activity at the upper end of the market remained strong as we sold 51 properties over $2 million and 16 over $3 million – also our highest volume since 2021.
“Overall, the number of listings on the market has remained relatively consistent since February. With 1,605 new listings placed in July, the total number of homes on the market with Barfoot & Thompson salespeople as of the end of the month was 6,074. While this is below the listings high in March of 6,268, it is nevertheless the most homes we have had on the market in the month of July for more than 10 years.
“Outside of the city, there remains significant interest in the rural and lifestyle markets, with 33 sales accounting for a total sales value of just under $57 million. As was the case with June’s figures, this was the highest total sales value for a July for three years.
“From the city to the suburbs to the countryside, the market continues to offer lots of opportunity for vendors and purchasers with realistic price expectations.”
Peter Thompson Managing Director
Market Share and Figures
Market Leaders
We sell across all price brackets and types of property. Here’s proof why people continue to list and sell with Barfoot & Thompson.
Overall Market Share
Over the last 12 months, Barfoot & Thompson sold more property in our area* than any competitor.
For the period from 1st August 2024 to 31st July 2025 we sold 38% of all properties for sale in the area* – that’s over 1460 sales made by Barfoot & Thompson!
sales overview in the local area* (*Recent Sales)
Bay, Long Bay, Murrays Bay, Northcross, Pinehill, Rothesay Bay, Torbay & Waiake.
1st May to 31st July 2025 compared to the same period last year.
Torbay + Waiake
Rothesay Bay
Pinehill
Murrays Bay
Long Bay
Browns Bay + Northcross
Torbay + Waiake
Rothesay Bay
Pinehill
Murrays Bay
Long Bay
Browns Bay + Northcross
GETTING READY TO SELL
TOP TIPS
When selling your home
So, you are thinking about selling and want to know what you should do before putting your home on the market?
We share a few ideas from the information available on our website barfoot.co.nz
Read our top tips and be sure to look at our information videos available on our web pages at this link: barfoot.co.nz/sell/selling-tips
De-clutter
The golden rule for getting ready for market is definitely to de-clutter! The goal is to get buyers to make an emotional connection to your property when they visit during an open home or a private viewing. They need to see the spaces and have an idea as to where they can put their belongings.
Before you start the selling process, it’s a good idea to think about the space you have and how you can make the most of it. You may have all the space you need, but clutter could obscure rooms and make them look smaller. Think of de-cluttering as a head start on packing up for your move later on.
Define Spaces
Defining each room is a good idea when you are preparing for presentation to the market. For example, you might have a four bedroom home but are using one of the bedrooms as a home office. While working from home suits many, showcase all the possibilities by installing a single bed alongside a more compact work area. This way you maximise the benefit of the extra bedroom and tick all the boxes for a broader range of buyers.
If you don’t have enough furniture, use a Home Stager. Home Stagers can bring an assortment of furniture and accessories to ‘dress’ your home. They often do this using your own furniture while adding the appeal of popular styles or trendy decoration to achieve a showhome presentation.
For an unfurnished home or an investment property, it’s a great idea to use staging to help your agent achieve the best selling price for your property.
Our top tips:
- Consider hiring a storage unit for all objects that don’t have a place in your home
- Clean everything - from skirting boards to walls, taps and behind fridges
- Consider getting carpets professionally cleaned
- Buyers will open your cupboards and closets, so make sure you take time to check these and give them a tidy-up
- Your personal mementos make your house a home. So it stands to reason that buyers will find it hard to imagine living there if it’s filled with family photos and heirlooms.
Repairs and renovations Go green!
For many people selling their home provides the perfect opportunity to make minor repairs and touch ups they may have been putting off for a long time.
Doors that don’t shut property, holes in walls, peeling wallpaper or leaking taps are just some of the things that can turn off buyers and are relatively easy to fix.
First impressions
Before a buyer enters your home, they’ve already formed an opinion based on what they’ve seen from the road. Take a walk out to the kerb and think about anything that could potentially turn buyers off.
Freshly cut lawns, a well cared for garden or hedge, and clean paintwork on the house make a huge difference, and so do a chemwashed exterior plus water blasted fences and concrete walls. A positive impression from the street will make the buyer want to step inside.
A well-tended front garden creates instant appeal and is a great way to show buyers that your home is worth a look.
If you’re not sure what to plant, go with low maintenance shrubs - New Zealand natives are ideal. Think about how you can create a sense of privacy and calm.
Bark or crushed shells can be used to cover any patches of bare earth, and rocks, railway sleepers or bricks make inexpensive garden borders.
Don’t have a garden? Add some colourful pots or planter boxes. Herbs, perennials or succulents are a good option - they add colour and fragrance.
More info:
Our website barfoot.co.nz contains a range of tools and tips for buyers, sellers and renters.
Go online or drop in at our branch and ask us for more information.
Recent Sales
The following pages show a summary of sales in Browns Bay and surrounds made by all selling agencies during July 2025.
Our sales data includes information submitted by the selling agency and may include some private sales. Where details of a particular sale may not have been able to be fully verified, it may be omitted from our reports.
Please do not hesitate to contact any of our sales team if you would like more information, we would be delighted to help you with your real estate needs.
Browns Bay & Northcross
10/41 Anzac Road
$541,500
101A Arran Road
$1,203,800
87A Bayside Drive
$1,732,500
680B Beach Road
$1,230,000
127 Browns Bay Road
$1,318,000
104/25 Bute Road
$690,000
16A Capricorn Place
$1,340,000
2/177 Carlisle Road
$1,015,500
858E East Coast Road
$1,235,000
904 East Coast Road
Size Sale price 484
$1,340,000 $1,500,000 CV
4 Floor size 130
2/64
Langana Avenue
$1,270,000 $1,350,000 CV Land Size Sale price Crosslease Bedrooms 4 Floor size 184
11A Naviti Place
$1,090,000 $1,075,000 CV Land Size Sale price 451
152
1/50 Noreast Drive
Size Sale price Crosslease
$963,000 $1,100,000 CV
size 160
11 Nottingham Place
Size Sale price 601
$1,410,000 $1,200,000 CV
3
3
4 Floor size 190
127 Oaktree Avenue
$1,801,000 $1,650,000 CV Land Size Sale price 698 Bedrooms 4 Floor size 203
1/163 Oaktree Avenue
$1,078,500 $1,175,000 CV Land Size Sale price Crosslease Bedrooms 4 Floor size 160
1/31
Oteha Valley Road
Size Sale price Crosslease
$500,000 $930,000 CV
33C Oteha Valley Road
Size Sale price 465
$1,340,000 $1,425,000 CV
2B Robin Lane
3
5
$1,087,500 $1,100,000 CV Land Size Sale price 123 Bedrooms 4 Floor size 137
16A Valley Road
$1,490,000
26 Woodlands Crescent
$1,150,000
$1,021,000
Murrays Bay
Pinehill
522 Beach Road
$1,390,000
2/6 Bellbird Rise
$1,145,000
1/27 Churchill Road
$2,172,147
2/2 Rossmore Terrace
$1,358,000
12 Carrowmore
$1,560,000
22 Kilear Close
$2,058,000
20 Kilkelly Avenue
$3,242,000
Rothesay Bay
G06/585 Beach Road
$1,050,000
Lot 1/32 Beulah Avenue
$1,050,000
2/36 Beulah Avenue
$1,330,000
16 Braemar Road
$2,450,000
Lot 2/31 Braemar Road
$1,060,000
Lot 4/31 Braemar Road
$965,000
Lot 5/31 Braemar Road
$955,000
Lot 6/31 Braemar Road
$990,000
2/12 Browns Bay Road
$1,370,000
21D Knights
Road
$1,381,000
94 Knights Road
$1,815,000
Torbay, Long Bay & Waiake
12 Airey Place
2A Babington Place
$951,000
860 Beach Road $1,771,000
53 Bearing Parade
2/6 Ceramco Place
Lot 3/8 Clensmore Place
$915,000 n/a
30 Cliff Road
$2,788,888 $2,950,000 CV
943 East Coast Road
$1,190,000 $1,275,000
2/2 Firth Road
$1,020,000
25 Firth Road
$2,080,000
2/20 Flavia Close
$785,888 $875,000 CV
2/68 Glamorgan Drive
$955,000 $880,000
149 Glenvar Ridge Road
$975,000 $900,000
69 Glenvar Ridge Road
$1,682,800
2/15 Glenvar Road
$1,075,000
5
2
2/30A Glenvar Road
Size Sale price Crosslease
$907,000 $975,000 CV
334A Glenvar Road
3
$935,000 $1,050,000 CV Land Size Sale price 525 Bedrooms 4 Floor size 134
86 Glenvar Road
$1,130,000 $1,100,000 CV Land Size Sale price 726
3 Floor size 180
11B Hebron Road
$1,160,000 $1,150,000 CV
9/18 Karengo Street
Size Sale price Unit Title
$860,000 $1,125,000 CV
12 Koheru Place
3
2
$770,000 $950,000 CV Land Size Sale price 516 Bedrooms n/a Floor size n/a
8 Lingham Crescent
$1,242,000 $1,400,000 CV Land Size Sale price 650 Bedrooms 4 Floor size 306
3 Long Bay Drive
Size Sale price 413
$879,000 $950,000 CV
Lot 4/12 Manuwai Road
$816,000
2/5 Moorgreen Heights
2
4
$1,038,000 $1,050,000 CV Land Size Sale price Crosslease Bedrooms 5 Floor size 200
Lot 12, 1&5 Nerita Place
$575,000 n/a
Lot 2, 1&5 Nerita Place
$500,000 n/a
1/2 Orewa Street
$785,000 $750,000
12A Relko Crescent
$1,030,000
12E Relko Crescent
$825,000
6A Ringwood Street
$1,500,000
13C Rock Isle Road
$1,435,000
28A Stredwick Drive
$1,050,000
2/72 Stredwick Drive
$904,372
2/9 Tainui Street
$1,450,000
n/a
21 Tawatawa Street
$1,960,000 $1,825,000 CV
Land Size Sale price 451 Bedrooms 6 Floor size 319
156 Te Oneroa Way
$2,455,000 $1,000,000 CV Land Size Sale price 466 Bedrooms 5 Floor size n/a
40 Te Oneroa Way
Land Size Sale price 566
$2,100,000 $2,000,000 CV
Bedrooms 5 Floor size 333
23A Waiake Street
Land Size Sale price 503
$1,315,000 $1,300,000 CV
Bedrooms 4 Floor size 268
1/9 Watea Road
$1,220,000 $1,200,000 CV
Land Size Sale price Crosslease Bedrooms 3 Floor size 126
72E Weatherly Road
$799,000 $780,000 CV Land Size Sale price 56 Bedrooms 2 Floor size 75
This publication shows data regarding a wide selection of published residential property sales that have recently occurred. It includes information from multiple sources and published reports of sales made by most Real Estate agencies and may include private sales. Where data is not publicly available, an individual sale may have been excluded from the average results and tallies shown in this report. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information. Barfoot and Thompson Limited (REAA2008) accepts no responsibility should the contents of this market report prove to be incomplete or incorrect.
Meet the Team
Darren James Branch Manager 027 485 4446
I enjoy my job with a passion and am extremely proud to manage the Browns Bay team. It is a career choice that I take very seriously and am always mindful that good business today can lead to many further opportunities tomorrow.
I am determined to deliver excellent client service and the Browns Bay team share this aim.
I have been able to integrate the variety of experiences and skills gained from my previous roles within the Health Service and retail sales in the UK to my role within Barfoot & Thompson. Since being appointed branch manager in 2007, I have developed my multinational team of real estate to focus on top quality service.
I am a firm believer in having a healthy working culture in the office. Despite this being a sales focused industry, my team have the freedom to develop their individual talents within a competitive framework to fully meet the needs of all clients.
Please feel free to contact me. I will always make myself available for personal assistance.
Property Management team
Nikki Gallichan Head of Property Management 027 436 0874
Amanda Chue Senior Property Manager 027 836 4913
Anna Gibbons Senior Property Manager 027 431 9461
Vivienne Shen Property Manager 027 628 7919
Residential Sales team
Harvey Zhang Assistant Manager 022 166 5225
Laura Anderson 021 087 63681
Bren Duckworth 021 046 4496
Misty Goodgame 021 035 4985
Chris Ediker 022 395 0408
Emma Guo 027 331 5856
Jennifer Jiang 027 603 7788
Harry Liu 021 187 3838
Kim Jin 021 395 888
Lili Ma 022 301 0068
Hanna Cao 021 778 867
Helen Fu 021 179 1037
Winnie Han 021 918 337
Stephen Kattan 021 808 938
Colin & Raelene McMurtrie 027 641 2863
Bob Cui 022 699 1996
Gina Gao 021 023 67788
James Ji 021 937 667
Andrea Kent 027 246 4004
Jason Meng 021 053 5987
Roy Dong 021 068 8280
Sophie Gao 021 678 291
Tanya Ji 021 262 7649
Brianna Liu 021 596 888
Eva Ng 021 276 8722
Residential Sales team continued
Jessica Noh 021 2211 004
Isobel Pope 0274 476 235
Shirley Tong 021 166 9548
Geraldine Zareian 021 184 0312
Coy Zhao 021 529 959
Pav Obradovic 021 931 339
Stephen Reed 022 037 4919
Bob Voss 027 425 1781
Mehran Zareian 021 023 02469
Becky Zhu 021 075 9200
Neil O’Gorman 022 437 8747
Nancy Shan 021 597 779
Mark Wang 021 268 3216
Emma Zhang 021 368 531
David Zhu 021 898 355
Rita Oliver 021 116 6377
Vic Singh 021 189 3951
Alina Yang 021 608 219
Zoe Zhang 027 434 8296
Nicole Penny 021 150 0569
Jeanette Skewes 027 499 8804
Yin Yin 022 047 9978
Cindy Zhao 021 030 5099
Barfoot & Thompson
35 Clyde Road, Browns Bay, Auckland 0630
Residential Sales 09 478 5119
Property Management 09 478 6195
Email browns@barfoot.co.nz barfoot.co.nz/browns-bay