Cook Islands market report
Built from our own nightly reading of 7 agents' websites. We have been tracking Cook Islands for 70 days, over which the median asking price has moved -41.7%.
54on the market today
NZ$895,000median asking price
NZ$500 pcmmedian rent
0currently reduced
6new in the last 7 days
| Date | Priced listings tracked | Median asking |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-22 | 24 | NZ$360,000 |
| 2026-08-21 | 24 | NZ$360,000 |
| 2026-08-20 | 23 | NZ$170,000 |
| 2026-08-18 | 22 | NZ$360,000 |
| 2026-06-13 | 20 | NZ$617,000 |
Stock levels
| Date | For sale | To rent | Agents advertising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-22 | 45 | 9 | 7 |
| 2026-08-21 | 45 | 9 | 7 |
| 2026-08-20 | 44 | 9 | 7 |
Where the island sits
| Area | Listings | Median asking | Median rent | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rarotonga | 10 | NZ$800,000 | — | — |
| Atupa, Rarotonga | 3 | NZ$975,000 | — | — |
| Aitutaki | 3 | NZ$692,257 | — | — |
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Geography
Where is the biggest price gap in the Cook Islands?
The median home in Atupa, Rarotonga asks $975,000; in Aitutaki it asks $692,257. Same island, 1.4× the price.
What would make this wrong: It compares what is on the market, not like for like. An area of large houses will always beat an area of flats, whatever the land underneath is worth.
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The market
How concentrated is the Cook Islands's market?
Three agents hold 83% of everything advertised — 25, 18, 2 listings out of 54. 7 agents share the rest.
What would make this wrong: It counts adverts, not sales. An agency that lists everything it is asked to and one that sells everything it lists look identical here.
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This week
What has moved in the Cook Islands this week?
6 listings appeared, 0 had their price cut and 2 went up. We read every agent's site overnight, so this is the week as it happened.
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The tracked count is the listings we hold a price for on that date, which is fewer than the total on the market — plenty of agents advertise "price on application", and history only starts the night we first read a listing. Asking prices, not achieved prices. The series carries each listing's last known price forward, so a date's median is the median of everything on the market that day.