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How realistic is it to buy your own house / apartment in your country?

Yes, even with minimum wage
1 (6.7%)
Yes, but only if you are above minimum wage (average country wage)
8 (53.3%)
Yes, but only if you are a high earner (above country's average wage)
6 (40%)

Total Members Voted: 15

How realistic is it to buy your own house / apartment in your country?

FatherlyNick - fuck putin | Mythic Inconceivable!
 
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If you know, you know.
I'm currently saving for a place of my own, with the Irish banks requiring 10% of the total price of the house.
The prices here I tell you - are inflated more than Pamela's tits. A quarter of a million on average for a house and about 170k Euro for an apartment - and it won't necessarily be a good one.

What is the situation like in your country? How long would it take to pay off your mortage?

 Is renting okay? Rent is even worse - renting a room can be as high as 500 / 600 euro and you get fuck all for that money, probably sharing the house with 15 people.

 
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Most of my friends are renting right now. And even then, they can only afford it because they have a buddy or girlfriend living with them to split the bills. One friend in particular, his rent is $700 a month. And there's places in my country that costs $2000+ a month to rent. Houses seem to be $150K+ Just a regular house. So yeah, unless you and the person living with you make decent money, it's hard. I can't live on my own.

 
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I love you, son.
Basically impossible for my family.

 
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It's practically impossible for an American making minimum wage, or even a few dollars more per hour, to afford a house in urban or suburban areas.

 
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If I'm not here, I'm doing photography. Or I'm asleep. Or in lockdown. One of those three, anyway.

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Wales has cheap houses that can be affordable eventually with minimum wage, but I sure as shit wouldn't live in them.

 
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The only way I could afford a house is if I bought one out in bumble fuck nowhere that's 2 hours away from any work or entertainment. And my internet would get even worse

 
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Where I am it's impossible unless you're a millionaire or you move waaaaay out past even the suburbs and into farmland and stuff. God damn chinese destroyed the housing market in my city.
Last Edit: May 18, 2017, 10:38:59 PM by Boomdeyadah

 
 
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You will find out who you are not a thousand times, before you ever discover who you are. I hope you find peace in yourself and learn to love instead of hate.
I could probably get a mortage with a graduates salary after saving and whatnot but I'd be paying for it until I die.

 
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I live near toronto, so even small houses are upwards 300k.