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I'm not overly concerned with treating my home as an investment
That’s nice in theory but if, when you want to move, the place you wanted has gone up by 50% and yours is (only!) up 20%, it doesn’t really help you.
That’s why it sucks - there’s no choice but to treat your home as an investment... because it is whether you like it or not.
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Or you live where you want to live, for as long as you want to live there. And when you do want to move, that's when you look at what you can afford at that point. There's no point worrying about the possible price increases in somewhere you might want to move next while you are happy where you are.
villa-ru
I'm not overly concerned with treating my home as an investment. Value can go down as well as up etc. It is safe and comfortable, it's in a nice location, we have decent communal spaces including bike parking for our ten bikes, and a yard where I've built loads of pallet furniture for the residents. It's close to breweries now, and places I like to go to are close by on my bike. @rakesmith what are you thinking of when asking? Do you want a way out of renting? Do you have kids?