Taumarunui housing booming

The Taumarunui housing market is booming, especially at the cheaper end but Peter Bethwaite and Bill Nicholas of First National Bruce Spurdle real estate said houses as much as $100,000 are being sold as rental properties. Some are not even making it on to the market, with a substantial number being sold sight unseen.

"We had a person from Japan buying over the Internet."

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