streetwise wrote:The equation about rent is like this:
The wise man finds a house and goes to the bank to obtain a mortgage to buy the house. He intents that one day the house will be not only his but will be loan free.
Once he has obtained the mortgage he says to himself, why should i pay the monthly payments till the mortgage is fully paid. This to him not a nice idea and headage.
He says to himself why not find someone to pay the mortgage for me..and sure enough he finds someone who is so excited to not only pay the mortgage monthly rates but also stays in the house keeping it safe till the mortgage in fully paid at which time the guy who initially obtained the mortgage can say to the good Samaritan.. I need to occupy my house.
Question: who bought the house and who is the final owner ?
@streetwise, there is no way monthly rentals can match monthly mortgage payments.
Take an example, a house costing Kes. 6.5M will attract monthly mortgage payments of Kes. 90K* while monthly rental for the house will be about Kes. 30K.
*Loan interest rate, 15%; Tenor, 15 years