Family sell Papatoetoe house for $980,000, but cannot afford to buy new Auckland home
28 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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George and Lee sold their Papatoetoe home to developers for $980,000 but have had to look outside of Auckland to find a suitable replacement home. Photo / Supplied
Ben Leahy is a reporter for the New Zealand HeraldBen.Leahy@nzherald.co.nz
George and Lee have a big payday arriving in May, yet they can t afford to wait that long to buy their next home - otherwise they might end up in Australia. The couple - who don t want their surname published - said Auckland house prices seemed to be rising so fast that every week waiting to buy equated to another suburb becoming unaffordable and them looking ever further south of the city.