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Home Seller Offers a Free Tesla to Attract Buyers 

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A homeowner in New Zealand’s rapidly cooling housing market is turning to an unusual way to attract buyers -- by offering a free Tesla car.

The listing for a new 7-bedroom house in the suburbs of Auckland, the nation’s largest city, is offering one of Tesla Inc.’s Model Y cars, an indication of the lengths sellers are going to advertise homes as jumping borrowing costs hurt demand.