House-hunters looking for a bargain may have more luck seeking out homes with the number four in the address - because they're unlikely to face competition from Chinese buyers.
Many Chinese are avoiding any property with the number on the letterbox or in the street name because four sounds like the word for death in Cantonese and Mandarin.
One couple believe they bought their house - at number 44 on an Auckland street - for a bargain price in a rising market. Alice and Adam Gordon bought the four-bedroom weatherboard house in Morningside for $790,000 - $40,000 above its valuation, set in July 2011.
