A young couple searching to buy a home locally have struck success despite rising house prices and low levels of available housing in Hawke's Bay.
Evan Kennedy, 26, and Kerry Gregory, 25, had been house hunting for months before finding a two-bedroom home in Greenmeadows in their price range last month.
Ms Gregory said they had spent almost every weekend attending open homes, viewings and placing bids on properties for the past two months.
"It was so time consuming. We were just over it, it was getting really frustrating," she said.
Having recently relocated from Auckland to be with Mr Kennedy, Ms Gregory said the process was more difficult than she thought it would be.