For some reason, the 3 page thread earlier about "cadaans complaining that minorities are taking over council homes in central London" has been deleted so I didn't get the chance to post.
After reading some interesting post in there where some said to know people who have bought council/govt property that they previously rented and some other said they saved up while living in council/govt homes.
I want to ask; was this 20 years ago where many property price were cheap or are you referring to now where everything in metropolitan area is over half a million dollars? Did they pay upfront or through riba?
Or are those people you know don't care about taking interest and bought them through that? I just can't wrap around my head how is it possible to save up to pay upfront in a metropolitan area such as London, Toronto and Melbourne while renting that sucks you dry week in and out?
The only barrier that is holding me back is the interest which is the main reason/advantage cadaans get them.
I went through "Islamic banks", asked out there who owned a property and it turns out it's not riba free so I said screw it, life is short (wishful thinking but will wait if prices drop to under $200k).
After reading some interesting post in there where some said to know people who have bought council/govt property that they previously rented and some other said they saved up while living in council/govt homes.
I want to ask; was this 20 years ago where many property price were cheap or are you referring to now where everything in metropolitan area is over half a million dollars? Did they pay upfront or through riba?
Or are those people you know don't care about taking interest and bought them through that? I just can't wrap around my head how is it possible to save up to pay upfront in a metropolitan area such as London, Toronto and Melbourne while renting that sucks you dry week in and out?
The only barrier that is holding me back is the interest which is the main reason/advantage cadaans get them.
I went through "Islamic banks", asked out there who owned a property and it turns out it's not riba free so I said screw it, life is short (wishful thinking but will wait if prices drop to under $200k).
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