The number of home transfers dropped substantially during the COVID-19 level 4 lockdown period, Stats NZ said today.
“During the level 4 lockdown in late March and April 2020, home transfers tumbled to around the same weekly number as in early January when most kiwis are on holiday,” property statistics manager Dave Adair said.
| week | 2019 | 2020 pre-lockdown | 2020 level 4 lockdown | 2020 alert level 3 | 2020 alert level 2 | 2020 alert level 1 |
| 6-Jan | 1032 | 762 | ||||
| 13-Jan | 3315 | 3294 | ||||
| 20-Jan | 2976 | 3363 | ||||
| 27-Jan | 3009 | 3252 | ||||
| 3-Feb | 1863 | 1998 | ||||
| 10-Feb | 2373 | 2619 | ||||
| 17-Feb | 2397 | 2391 | ||||
| 24-Feb | 3279 | 3330 | ||||
| 2-Mar | 2496 | 2766 | ||||
| 9-Mar | 2568 | 2577 | ||||
| 16-Mar | 2640 | 3150 | ||||
| 23-Mar | 3747 | 2979 | 2979 | |||
| 30-Mar | 2967 | 1713 | ||||
| 6-Apr | 2907 | 804 | ||||
| 13-Apr | 3126 | 660 | ||||
| 20-Apr | 1833 | 591 | 591 | |||
| 27-Apr | 3366 | 2187 | ||||
| 4-May | 2700 | 2784 | 2784 | |||
| 11-May | 2820 | 2337 | ||||
| 18-May | 2763 | 2319 | ||||
| 25-May | 3816 | 3504 | ||||
| 1-Jun | 2466 | 1986 | 1986 | |||
| 8-Jun | 2718 | 2175 | ||||
| 15-Jun | 2751 | 2358 | ||||
| 22-Jun | 3462 | 2541 | ||||
| 29-Jun | 2922 | 3111 | ||||
| 6-Jul | 2808 | 2751 | ||||
| 13-Jul | 2721 | 2448 |
/Stats NZ Public Release. View in full here.
