[00:08.00]To Buy or to Rent?
[00:10.86]Today, the rocketing housing price
[00:15.00]has made it a huge burden for lots of people to possess a house.
[00:20.29]To buy or to rent?
[00:22.22]Different people hold different views.
[00:24.96]A lot of people suppose
[00:27.38]that young people should buy houses
[00:29.50]as early as possible because according to current trend,
[00:34.54]housing price, especially in big cities,
[00:37.46]is unlikely to decline.
[00:39.39]What's more, it is very possible
[00:43.16]that the housing price will get higher and higher.
[00:46.83]Others think the other way round.
[00:49.38]They don't want to be mortgage slaves
[00:53.18]who are under great financial pressure.
[00:56.10]Besides, they believe by renting an apartment,
[01:00.16]they can easily move to another one
[01:02.40]if they are not satisfied with the current one
[01:05.26]or they want to make change of their circumstances.
[01:08.75]It is understandable that almost every one wants to have a house,
[01:13.72]but we'd better consider renting an apartment
[01:17.46]before we can afford a house.
[01:19.82]If we are determined to buy a house,
[01:22.50]we should make a thorough and rational consideration
[01:26.37]about lots of factors,
[01:28.05]including our buying power,
[01:30.60]the consequences and the like.
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