{"id":26344,"date":"2016-09-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mary-holm-what-to-do-with-650k-burning-in-your-pocket\/"},"modified":"2016-09-17T06:50:55","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T23:50:55","slug":"mary-holm-what-to-do-with-650k-burning-in-your-pocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mary-holm-what-to-do-with-650k-burning-in-your-pocket\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Holm: What to do with $650k burning in your pocket"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMy husband and I bought a house in central Auckland 15 years ago, but have been living and working in a small rural town for the last 10 years. We finally decided to sell our house in Auckland so we could buy a home for our family…
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