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Sorry, another property investment question

sdraobs · 2018-09-10 16:14:39

This might be more appropriate in the housing/accomadation section, but id be interested in what the contributors of this forum would advise. Is there a dead weight loss in having unused space in a home? Wondering if I buy a cheaper house and invest the money saved on the stockmarket and earn dividends. Or is there no…

10-09-2018 05:14PM

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sdraobs

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This might be more appropriate in the housing/accomadation section, but id be interested in what the contributors of this forum would advise.

Is there a dead weight loss in having unused space in a home?

Wondering if I buy a cheaper house and invest the money saved on the stockmarket and earn dividends.

Or is there no deadweight loss, as if i buy a more expensive bigger house, even if i dont really use all the space, it will increase in value anyway

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#2 10-09-2018 07:35PM

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No one can give you a straight answer. It depends of your age, situation, your current investments, etc..

Just onw point: you assume that the price of the house will go up which may not be the case when you need to sell.

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