UPS AND DOWNS

Average current value/rise in past year Wellington city: $543,754, up 1.7 per cent Wellington central and south: $556,631, up 2.8 per cent Wellington east: $591,308, up 2.4 per cent Wellington north: $474,257, up 0.8 per cent Wellington: west $617,316, up 0.5 per cent Upper Hutt: $333,082, down 2.5 per cent Lower Hutt: $373,539, up 0.2 per cent Kapiti Coast: $379,642, up 2.7 per cent Porirua: $378,793, down 0.1 per cent Masterton: $236,798, down 2.4 per cent Carterton: $266,450, up 3.0 per cent