The chance of home ownership and a beachside upbringing for their children made the move from Auckland to Tauranga a good one for Jillene and Joseph Wiseman.
Jillene, 32, met husband Joseph, 28, after moving to Auckland for a job and early last year the couple were looking for their first home before starting a family.
Disheartened by the "dodgy" neighbourhoods they could afford to buy in, a chance look at the Tauranga house prices on Trade Me convinced Joseph the family should make the move to Jillene's home town.
"The house prices were the stepping stone to moving back down here," Mrs Wiseman told the Bay of Plenty Times.
Eighteen months on, Mr Wiseman is earning more than he was in Auckland, and the couple have bought their first home in Greerton and celebrated the birth of Cooper who is now 6-months-old.