September looked soft, but nine months against nine months tells a calmer story. Prices, sales, rates and the election, from Auckland to the Bays.

North Shore City held its ground in August while sales activity slowed across Auckland, and the Reserve Bank raised the OCR for the second month running. Here's what August's REINZ and Barfoot & Thompson figures mean for Mairangi Bay & Surrounds, suburb by suburb.

North Shore City was the only one of Auckland's seven territorial authorities with a median price above July 2025, up 0.9 percent to $1,160,000. In Mairangi Bay & Surrounds the median eased to $1,380,000 on a thin month at the top end, while homes sold faster than they have since November.

The national headlines say steady, soft, slow. The East Coast Bays say something different. May 2026 data shows Mairangi Bay and the surrounding bays holding firm around $1.59M, selling faster than the wider North Shore, and going to auction at twice the national rate. Here is what it means for buyers and sellers.