PHOTO: The couple had hep from a friend who put in bids at the auction. Picture: REA Source: Supplied

A young couple in Brisbane bought their first home at an auction on the weekend for almost $1 million using travel savings from a cancelled overseas relocation to London.

The couple, newly married Robert and Tarni Duff who managed to tie the knot just before Queensland’s first COVID lockdown in March last year, snagged the property for $925,000, with bids starting from $600,000 at the auction the lasted only three minutes.

Ray White Bulimba agent Madi Roche said it was one of the shortest auction campaigns she’s seen, with the campaign reduced to two weeks. It was pulled ahead by a week because of an overwhelming response and a “huge amount of interest”.

“We had 84 groups inspect the property which is unheard of,” she told news.com.au.

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