{"id":34353,"date":"2021-09-03T08:54:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T20:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=34353"},"modified":"2021-09-03T08:54:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T20:54:56","slug":"couple-with-100k-deposit-shrugged-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/couple-with-100k-deposit-shrugged-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple with $100k deposit \u2018shrugged off\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOTO: Sanjana Dutta and her husband Nick<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Brisbane couple in their early 20s followed a strict savings plan for six years to buy their first home. Then they hit an unexpected problem.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sanjana Dutta and her husband Nick spent six years saving for a house deposit before they even started looking for a place to call their own.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

But the Brisbane couple, who were in their early 20s, had difficulties finding real estate agents who would take them seriously despite having a deposit of more than $100,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it was really interesting during the whole scouting phase. A lot of real estate agents underestimated us because we were so young. We would be shrugged off in a way and I don\u2019t know if they thought we couldn\u2019t afford the places or they wouldn\u2019t take the time to show us around properly,\u201d she told news.com.au.<\/p>\n

\u201cI spent a lot of times going to open homes and being a younger woman there was a lot of bias where they would talk to the male about a lot of the construction stuff and the build of the home.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old said they wanted to buy a house under $550,000 so they could access the first homeowners grant and had a goal to save more than $100,000, which Sanjana admits was \u201cdifficult to do\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Her first professional job was in the events and entertainment industry and the starting pay \u201cisn\u2019t so great\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI moved to Melbourne right after uni for a good six months and that was quite expensive. My bank had one of those saving maximiser\u2019s account where you get more interest the more you saved, so I pretty much didn\u2019t give myself any luxuries \u2013 it was just the bare basics to spend on food.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found an apartment that was really close to walk to work so I didn\u2019t have to spend money on public transport, I walked everywhere and didn\u2019t have a car and my goal was to save $1000 a month.<\/p>\n

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