For Trish Spice, it didn't take long to find her ideal home.
"It was the second house I viewed. I looked at it and fell in love with it straight away."
The Rotorua woman bought her three bedroom house in Ngongotaha in December just before Christmas.
"It was a relief, it went with a hiss and a roar."
Ms Spice had spent four weeks attending open homes and never imagined she would be able to find her new house so quickly.