Home Ownership
Home ownership is the great Australian dream. A place to call your own and where your heart is.
My parents are both proudly Aboriginal. As a young bloke, I remember their pride when they bought their first home, a little house on the edge of town.
Growing up I watched them struggle to pay the mortgage, through good and bad times. Extensions, cars, funerals and even my university education were all paid for via refinancing the family home. I’m sure it’s a story that would be familiar to many Australians.
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To own your own home is the dream of many. I never noticed it as much until I arrived to Australia almost 7 years ago.
People younger than myself had already purchased their first homes; some even had additional investment properties. I was shocked; I couldn’t understand how they managed to achieve it.
In Ireland then, no one I knew in my age bracket owned their own home, instead we all rented and spent most of our disposable income on entertaining and holidays in Europe.
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Gerard says:
Well, I’m an Australia… but been living in London for the last 10 years. Had wished to move back to Australia, but I actually find England is now cheaper to afford to have a house for a family. The Australian Dream is for those that have ridden the wave -… Read more »
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