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Originally Posted by Gypsy-Rhiannon
Let's not even get started on that one!  But yes... house prices are just ridiculous over here... let's just face it.. everything is bloody expensive over here! |
so, just curious: those of you that live over there, what do you earn in a month? and how much of your paycheck goes to pay for gas? and how much for your mortgage?
In CA (for the most part), it takes two incomes to afford a home. and only after creative financing. (ie adjustable mortgage rates which are EVIL)
here is a link to a state by state comparison of house prices, circa 2006:
http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/26/real...ment/index.htm
(ETA: the price that Paula quoted, is that a
purchase price for an
Apartment? if so, that IS high...)