Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby
Ryan Bridge: We're not too poor to buy property, we're too fussy
- Autor: Vários
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- Editor: Podcast
- Duración: 0:02:04
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If these new TradeMe numbers are to be believed, and I have no reason not to believe them, then the biggest problem that we have with property and getting a foot on the ladder is not price. We're not too poor, we're too fussy. So TradeMe has done a survey; 44% of buyers were willing to compromise on the size of a section. Only 40% on the size of the property. Only 40% on the size of the garden. Only 33% on the condition of the property, and 28% on the location. If you flip those numbers, around 55% of people won't compromise on section size. I'll have the section size I like and nothing else. 60% - no compromise on the size of the property. 60% - none on the garden. 67% - it must be new or near new and 72% won't travel or leave their favourite suburb. I mean, hard to please much? I bought a house with holes in the floor and the walls, there were plants growing from the ground up into my bathroom. The shower pooled; I had to use a bucket to empty the shower every morni