Real estate agents under fire for not repaying wage subsidies

Published: Feb. 26, 2021, 4:13 a.m.

Real estate agents are under fire for failing to repay millions of dollars in wage subsidies, despite record property prices and a booming market. Checkpoint can reveal more than $13 million was paid out to the real estate industry. Auckland based Barfoot and Thompson received $4 million alone. Nita Blake-Persen reports.