• R00bot@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 months ago

    Banks will not give you the loan if you do not make enough such that your repayments would be less than 35% of your income. But you could very well already be paying more than 35% of your income as rent. Trust me bro not everyone is renting because they feel like it. One of my friends saved a $100k deposit but didn’t have the income to get a big enough loan for a house. These people aren’t just stupid. Buying isn’t an option for them.

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      3 months ago

      The argument was that mortgage was half of rent. You won’t be paying 70% rent…

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            2 months ago

            If the concept of someone staying in the same rental for a while and having their rent increase over time is that foreign to you then I don’t think you should be commenting on this topic.

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              2 months ago

              Yeah, rent doubling while income remains unchanged, not even inflation adjustment… is foreign to me.