News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Hard-won lessons about money and investing by JoachimSchipper on Sunday November 30, 2014 @01:55AM (#8676228)
Houses are pretty cheap, compared to how much money you need to retire.
Re:Hard-won lessons about money and investing by lucaspiller on Sunday November 30, 2014 @05:26AM (#8676509)
Also as a rough estimate, most yearly rental prices are 5% - 15% the value of the property. If you get a long mortgage (in the UK, 30 years is pretty common) you can easily pay less per month than you would rent.