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Re:Denmark offers homeowners 20-year loans at a fixed intere... by martin_bech on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @05:59AM (#25656554)
German housing is a litle different, as many prefer to rent, so less demand for beeing an owner.
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Re:Denmark offers homeowners 20-year loans at a fixed intere... by raxxorrax on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @06:11AM (#25656651)
True, if I have no chance to finance it, you prefer renting compared to homelessness.

But workplace mobility, yeah!

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Re:Denmark offers homeowners 20-year loans at a fixed intere... by p1esk on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @06:09AM (#25656630)
Why do they prefer to rent?
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Re:Denmark offers homeowners 20-year loans at a fixed intere... by allendoerfer on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @06:21AM (#25656707)
After WWII the German government created strict renter protection laws and the state invested heavily in relatively high quality public housing. You can compare the results to the UK, which cities were also bombed, but invested in private housing instead. Germany also famously had been "the sick man of Europe" before the current boom, were real wages did not rise for a long time.
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