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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Meredith Clark

House flippers criticised after selling $260,000 home for more than $1.2m: ‘Greedy and delusional’

TikTok / @baviddoughy

A New York home that originally sold for $260,000 has sparked outrage online after house flippers listed the newly-renovated property for more than $1.2m.

This week, TikTok user @baviddoughy shared a video of a Zillow listing for a single-family home in Beacon, New York – just 55 miles north of Manhattan. In the clip, he explained that the original Cape Cod-style home was sold in June 2020 for $260,000.

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