I'm in the UK and my general impression is that people absolutely hate "throwing away" money paying rent, and would rather they were "investing" in property. Of

I'm in the UK and my general impression is that people absolutely hate "throwing away" money paying rent, and would rather they were "investing" in property. Of course, they often don't take into account that they might end up paying more on mortgage interest than they were on rent anyway, and if they hate the place they're going to be out potentially 10s of thousands in fees