The number of people browsing property listings online dipped by 21 percent in the first week of the lockdown, compared with the same week last year.
Trade Me website Photo: RNZ
Recent figures from website TradeMe, showed figures bounced back over Easter, with a 3 percent increase on the following year.
Head of TradeMe property, Nigel Jeffries, said people often used the holidays to have a look around, and it was good news for sellers that there were a lot of prospective buyers out there.
Property prices in Auckland hit a new record in March, having increased by 2.5 percent compared with last year, to an average of just over $950,000.
Jeffries said was still too early to tell what impact the Covid-19 pandemic would have on house prices, but he said there was no denying the market would experience some significant changes.