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 Disclaimer: The information provided in this blog is PURELY for support and encouragement for fellow first home buyers. I do not have any actual experience with the financial or legal side of the house buying process. I am writing from my own personal experience. Please please please -- do your own research, get a mortgage broker (or not!) and do the work needed to prepare yourself on this journey. 


Kia ora,

I've been on this house buying journey for a wee while now. My current applications are still in process. I'm still hopeful that one day I will live in my dream home - even if that's not the current house I'm trying to purchase. 

I'd also like to further clarify that I am sharing my own experience in this weird world of house buying.

I, like many others before me, are still on the journey. I just want a chance to get on the property ladder and have some financial and emotional stability. 

If you have gained anything useful from my experience -- that's awesome. If it resonated -- I hear you! If you think I'm talking a whole lot of BS... that's cool too. This is just my own perspective and it may not connect with everyone. 

I'd love to hear your experiences also. There are so many people who have had trouble in the last few years. 

I've read about HEAPS of young 20 somethings who have bought houses in high market places with just a little help from their whanau and or friends. I'm not diminishing their struggle to get on the ladder. I've just had a very different experience and feel that my journey may be of some help to others. 

Nga mihi,

Alex

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