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Re:How to find a job as Software Developer in Germany by flukus on Thursday April 22, 2021 @07:55PM (#26909545)
Rents increase with inflation, a mortgage doesn't.

I have a few older friends kicking themselves for not buying a property when they could afford it, rents have risen and there is a very real prospect that they will have to move out of the community they spent their lives in.

Re:How to find a job as Software Developer in Germany by allendoerfer on Friday April 23, 2021 @05:34AM (#26912799)
Mortages do increase with faster growing inflation, though, once the central bank reacts and increases the interest rates. Of course you can negotiate a fixed interest rate for some time period. So there are two buffers in between.
Re:How to find a job as Software Developer in Germany by indemnity on Saturday April 24, 2021 @05:06AM (#26923480)
Not to mention, if you live in any Western country, real estate capital gains since 2010 have been immense, so interest-only mortgages could have made sense.