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Has it ever been possible to buy a house on minimum wage?
by toomanybeersies 5y ago
Has it ever been possible to buy a house on minimum wage?
- lsiebert 5y agoYes, depending on where you buy. Many homes are much cheaper outside of major cities.
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- chrisseaton 5y agoThat’d have to be a £60k house.
- taffronaut 5y agoThey do exist. If you can work remotely or don't mind the commute to Cardiff - welcome to Merthyr! https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/detailMatching.html?prop=75365154&sale=12284074&country=england https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/detailMatching.html...
- sideshowb 5y agoNot a very popular view among the Valleys LAs though who aspire to be something other than dormitories for Cardiff
- kingludite 5y ago40 years ago some family homes in NL cost 35 k guilders or 16 k euro. 2 floors, 2 bedrooms, front and back yard.
- inter_netuser 5y agoYes. I even knew welfare recepients who bought a property while on welfare. Pepperidge farms remembers.
- varjag 5y agoI moved here years ago and was having doubts if it's the right time to buy at these insane property prices. A coworker said "I know some people who've been holding out for fair housing prices since 1949, they are still waiting".
- cutler 5y agoAnyone remember Fair Rent tribunals in the UK? Abolished by the Conservatives in the late 80s along with higher education grants. The 70s and early 80s were a golden age for more than just music.
- te_chris 5y agoUK’s also only had a min wage since Blair
- Ekaros 5y agoNot sure about minimum wage. But certainly for regular blue collar labour it was. And I don't see why it should not have been.