In Le Mans, making the purchase of a 70 m² profitable only takes 1.7 years!
While high real estate prices in the grip of a sharp rise inevitably contribute to delaying the moment when the acquisition of a home, to make it his main residence, will be amortized, conversely, in a city characterized by affordable prices , it will quickly be more interesting to buy rather than to rent. Like Le Mans, where 1.7 years is enough to make the purchase of a property with a surface area of 70 m² profitable. Likewise, in Perpignan, allow 1.8 years for the purchase to prevail over the rental. In Limoges, the status of owner becomes more profitable than that of simple tenant after only two years. In Saint-Étienne, the tipping point will be reached in just 2.2 years. Finally, in Amiens, it only takes 2.3 years to amortize the acquisition of its main residence. In short, as you will have understood, the period of profitability of a housing that one will have acquired in order to live there (and not to offer it for rent) is clearly of variable geometry.
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