If you happen to have a spare $7.25 million, you can still be in the running to snap up an apartments with views of Auckland city and the harbour.
A sixth-floor apartment in Wynyard Quarter that boasts a custom-designed kitchen with European appliances and scullery, four bedrooms, a theatre room, private lift and 65sqm of balcony has just been listed for that price.
One balcony faces east and overlooks the city and Viaduct Harbour next door, while two west facing balconies offer the chance to bask in the afternoon sun.
The 232sq m apartment is the last one left in the sold-out 132 Halsey St complex, which has been under construction since November 2015 and is expected to be completed this year.
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It is being marketed for sale by Barfoot & Thompson agent Carl Madsen.
The $7m-plus price tag may seem high but is a relative bargain compared the $35m two-level "super penthouse" in Auckland's under-construction 57-storey Pacifica.
That 636sq m apartment will have four bedrooms, a separate guest suite, formal lounge, chef-style kitchen, butler's kitchen, banquet-style dining area and cellar and wine tasting room.
It will also feature a media room, library, gym, sauna, spa and steam room, art gallery, sky garden with double-height ceiling, personal office, board rooms and up to 12 parking spaces.
Another penthouse in the nearby Seascape apartment tower on Auckland's Customs St East is expected to cost buyers more than $20m.
Compiling a list of the most expensive sales was notoriously difficult because they are often sold in multiples, Nick Goodall, research head at CoreLogic NZ, said.
He listed a couple of recent sales that just shaded the asking price at 132 Halsey St.
These included Unit 402 at 424 Remuera Rd, which sold for $8.7m on May 25 last year, and a unit at 4A/154 Saint Stephens Ave, Parnell that went for $8m on March 21, 2016.
Unit 3601/1 [Metropolis] at Courthouse Lane in the CBD also went for $7.85m on May 2 2014, Goodall said.
