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[-] R00bot 1 points 2 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.

[-] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

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

[-] R00bot 1 points 2 months ago

You can be if you stay in the same place and the rent keeps increasing.

[-] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

And my grandma had wheels she would be a bicycle

[-] R00bot 1 points 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.

[-] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

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

[-] R00bot 1 points 2 months ago

Last year my job refused to give me an inflation adjustment, then they laid me off 6 months later because they didn't have as much growth as they projected.

[-] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago
[-] R00bot 1 points 2 months ago

You said it was foreign to you... So I provided an example of it happening...

[-] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, for 6 months, for one person, without rent change, who might or might not be lying. So... cool anecdote, bruh.

[-] R00bot 1 points 2 months ago

It being foreign to you is literally an anecdote too you fucking idiot lmfaoooo

[-] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

That's not the definition of anecdote, but hey, fun to see it got under your skin...

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