New housing price figures show the average price of entry-level houses in Ruapehu has increased by more than 70 percent in the last year. The latest Quotable Value (QV) Quartile Index shows house prices rising in the lower end of the market (file image). Photo: Unsplash / Nick Sarvari The latest Quotable Value (QV) Quartile Index showed the rise in the central North Island district was by far the largest price increase for homes in this bracket of anywhere in the country. The next biggest jumps were in Buller, where there was a 55 percent increase, and in Southland, where the increase was 47 percent.