In order to buy a house in the city,how long you have to work?

May 18, 2012 8:19pm CST
Many working class can't buy a house in China at present.Some of them work hard day and night for more than ten years,but still can't afford to the down payment,so they have to seek help from their parents.In chinese city,a house run out of a family and wipe out a middle class.Many people have to degenerate into "mortgage slave",who spend the rest of their lives in the repayment of loan.Every day they fillde with stress,they have no money, no free,no spare time,no travel,even no interest to make love,they are afraid of losing work,have to see the boss's face.So i want to know,to buy a house in your country,how long you have to work?how many "mortgage slave" in your country?
3 responses
nikki3
@nikki3 (172)
• United States
19 May 12
Wow, ten years is a lot. I am here in The states and if you are working for one year at one job and have good credit you are able to buy a house. I hope that some day soon you will be able to buy a house.
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liguoping
@liguoping (179)
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19 May 12
Oh,thank you.How i envy you!I have worked hard for ten years,but still just afford to the down payment in the three line city of china.And people like me is very commom in chinese city at present.I deep into tangle.I dream of having a house in the city,but i hate to be mortgage slave,what can i do?
Porcospino
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
24 May 12
In my country there is a big difference between the different parts of the country. In some parts of the country the houses are extremely expensive and "ordinary" people will never be able to buy a house there. Some parts of the country are relatively expensive (the big cities) but some people manage to buy a house there when they have to saved up money for some years. Fortunately we also have some areas where it is less expensive to buy a house for instanse some of the islands in southern part of the country. My husband and I have bought a house on one of those islands and our house was not that expensive compared to the houses in the other areas of my country. That was the main reason why we were able to buy a house. We didn't have enough money to buy a house in one of cities, that just wasn't possible, but that is okay, because we are happy here.
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Rogelio
@rog0322 (2829)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
24 May 12
Hi, Having a house for me is like dreaming the impossible dream, I have been working for almost half of my life and all I can afford is the improvement of my ancestral home with materials from the forest nearby. I really don't have to think about it, its way beyond my capability, for now.