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Even though they never visited it, they knew it would make the ideal family home for the future.Melissa is Australian,&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : nzherald.co.nz\/Property&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/property\/news\/article.cfm?c_id=8&amp;objectid=12096576&amp;ref=rss\" target=\"_blank\">Sight-unseen buy opens up treasure<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Mark and Melissa McLean bought their big Vine St property in Auckland&#8217;s St Marys Bay&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-oGf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":119842,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-8-5m-clifftop-estate-expats-are-prepared-to-buy-sight-unseen\/","url_meta":{"origin":94875,"position":0},"title":"The $8.5m clifftop estate expats are prepared to buy sight unseen","date":"January 25, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A luxury multimillion-dollar estate overlooking the Pacific Ocean is attracting \"tremendous\" buyer interest, including from ex-pats who are prepared to buy sight unseen.Kauri Mountain Point, which sits on 10.15ha on its own peninsula...\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...The .5m clifftop estate expats are prepared to buy sight unseen","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":84614,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/home-buying-market-so-brutal-some-home-buyers-make-offer-sight-unseen\/","url_meta":{"origin":94875,"position":1},"title":"Home buying market so brutal, some home buyers make offer sight unseen","date":"April 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Record low housing supplies are driving up prices and curbing sales, making it hard for Millennials to buy homes, USA Today reports.\r \r Source : cnbc.com\r Read more...Home buying market so brutal, some home buyers make offer sight unseen","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":139144,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-the-hell-have-we-done-the-people-buying-homes-sight-unseen\/","url_meta":{"origin":94875,"position":2},"title":"\u2018What the hell have we done?\u2019 The people buying homes sight unseen","date":"September 12, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Virtual property purchases took off during the pandemic and are still happening today. 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