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RE: House, Apartment, Studio, Room... Street? .:. Late Night Blogging
Hey! That is Alicante! I stayed in the Melia Hotel on the pier a couple of times when I was in Alicante for work.
Finding a houde is a problem in the Netherlands as well. There aren't enough houses. The government 'forces' elderly people to stay in their houses as long as possible.
The environmental regulations prevent that the needed amount of houses can be built.
People are overbidding on houses like crazy. Bidding 650k more for a 600k house often isn't even enough to have the highest bid. And how can starters get a loan for a 650k house? The market is completely stuck.
Because it's very difficult for people to get a house, renting houses becomes more popular, which also increases the average rent.
I'm really curious if we will get out of this impasse because I do want my kids to be able to be able to live on their own in a couple of years.
But maybe when Hive goes 10x I can support them a bit with my crypto then 😀
Hehehehe... You recognized it well... It's Alicante photographed from the Santa Barbara Castle... 😃 But, in the post I was writing more about Valencia, as my son is going to the University there...
I wouldn't imagine telling this, but it's actually not a bad push by the government... If elderly people didn't have their own home, it could be much worse...
It's hard to live with parents when you are an adult... It could sound nice moneywise, but it's not good for anyone...
Elderly people used to go to a retirement home at a certain age. But now they are encouraged to stay in their 4 bedroom houses. Here in our neighborhood we have a lot of large houses being occupied by 1 or 2 elderly persons, sometimes far into their nineties that would have been better off in a retirement home.
Don't get me wrong; they fully deserve to live there. It's their house.
But if they stay in their houses, the new families can't go from their small appartements to a big house and the appartements will not be available for starters.
There just is no flow at the moment.