‘Joke’: $250k savings won’t buy home

PHOTO: This Sydney family has had to make a drastic move to give them the chance to make their property dreams a reality.

Hazal Cairns is “bitter” about the Sydney property market because despite huge sacrifices to save a deposit of $250,000 her family of three are not able to buy a home.

The digital expert and her husband, who works for NRMA, have an 18-month-old daughter and chose to move in with Hazal’s parents to boost their ability to save.

But they have watched as house prices skyrocket and pushed first home buyers like them out of the market.

“We were bitter. We were so mad. We worked our butts off and have always had full time jobs and I worked in the digital space and have also done freelance work on the side and we have been saving for over three years now,” she told news.com.au.

“We don’t shy away from hard work but when you are working so hard and looking at house prices go up and up and up, it makes you bitter. We are just like – its ridiculous, it’s a joke. “Then there are shows like Luxury Listings Sydney on Amazon and there are people worth billions buying property and we are thinking how it this fair?

“Knowing how many people suffered for the last two years, my husband and I don’t want to watch as it’s depressing, it’s infuriating. Why do people have that much money to spend on incredible homes that they barely live in?”