‘29-year-old woman reveals how she bought in Sydney without help

News.com.au - 07/02
A New Zealander has made a surprising claim about getting into the Australian property market after starting out with “no expectations” she’d ever be able to afford it.

A New Zealander has made a surprising claim about getting into the Australian property market after starting out with “no expectations” she’d ever be able to afford it.

Libby Angus, 29, works in marketing. She’s originally from New Zealand and didn’t have any “rich parents” around when she decided she wanted to try and buy in Sydney.

Sydney is famously Australia’s most expensive city. The median house price has soared past $1.5 million, and the median rent is now $775 per week.

Ms Angus had heard all the horror stories about how hard it is to buy right now and she was braced for her dreams of home ownership to be squashed.

“I hate to say it but it was relatively easy,” she told news.com.au.

Libby purchased her first home without family help. Picture: Instagram/LibbyAngus
She said it was easier than she thought it’d be. Picture: Instagram/LibbyAngus

The 29-year-old said that, despite everyone saying the Sydney market is “ridiculous” and her fears that she’d end up disap...
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