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[–] Aux 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't know about a million being life changing. Can't even buy a house for a million over here... Especially in USD, lol.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's enough to wipe out most people's student loans, and buy a reliable vehicle, then put a down payment on a house. That's life changing.

[–] Aux 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well, lucky you. But when houses cost over £2m, £1m down payment won't make me able to afford shit.

[–] Nibodhika 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's still a 50% down payment on that house, your mortgage payments will be a lot less than your rent. So you'll have a place of your own and more money every month, plus be investing in your capital instead of pissing money away. If that's not life changing for you then nothing is.

[–] Aux 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There's a 4.5x household income limit for mortgages in the UK. So if your combined income is £60k (for a family where both parties have average UK income), the most money you can borrow is £270k. And then you look at something that's not immediately falling apart and you see this https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/67606066/ you instantly know that you can't afford anything even with £1m in your pocket.

That's unless you want to settle for a garage transformed into a "one bed house" https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/66317679/

Another option would be to move to some part of London like Barking, but I'd rather live in a shed than a drug den.

So yeah, I'm happy for you if £1m is life changing for you.

[–] Nibodhika 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

But also as a general rule places don't let you spend over 30% of your income in rent, 60K that you mentioned for a couple is £4186 per month, so the maximum rent of that hypothetical person is £1256. Which wouldn't also allow you to rent a house like the one you showed, so it's pointless. The house where a couple that earns 60k lives can absolutely be bought for close to 1 million (if not less). Whoever is living in a 4 bedroom house like the one you pointed out earns a lot more than 60k and so they can finance the rest.

[–] Aux 1 points 5 months ago

There's no limit on rents in the UK. You can spend all of your money on it if you wish.