miketheterrible wrote:I will contest this
Give me examples. Cause official numbers in west (Canada) may look Rosey but it isn't. Best way is to compare debt and money saved between each other.
Im gld you did contest, otherwise forum is boring:). I dont claim that anywhere is rosy, especially for youngsters. Yet still in Russia ratio for GDP/interest rate looks rather worse then in the west. In my IMHO That's why Uncle Vova is proposing all mother capitals on other supports for youngsters.
Russian family pays 3x more total interest on mortgage loan than Canadian and 5x more than a German one.
Of course I can be wrong too. What other criteria would you suggest?
Rationale behind my opinion please find below:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita
.................................GDP PPP per capita....................CB.interest.rate
Germany.....................$.50,206............................................0.%
Canada.......................$.48,141............................................1,8.%
Russia........................$.27,890.............................................7,75%
lets assume mortgage loan rate CB + 3 % , proprty is $(PPP)100,000
https://www.bankrate.com/calculators/mortgages/loan-calculator.aspx
Germany
3%Monthly Payments........$ 474.21
Total Principal Paid.......$100,000
Total Interest Paid....$42,263.39
Canada
5%Monthly Payments.......$ 584.59
Total Principal Paid......$100,000
Total Interest Paid...$75,377.01
Russia
11%Monthly Payments........$ 980.11
Total Principal Paid.......$100,000
Total Interest Paid.......$194,033.92