You secured your lease, life is going along swimmingly but you think it’s time to lay down some roots.  Here’s a guide to Buying a House in LA as an expat. LA rent is not cheap.  Essentially, unlike in Australia, LA rent is the same as the owner’s mortgage payments plus property tax. In other words, you’re not getting a bargain and all you’re doing is helping them pay off their mortgage. We loved the house we first signed up to but after a while it got too small for us. So I started looking around, even extending our search outside the 90210 postcode, and was shocked to find there was nothing around. Even increasing our budget by $2,000 didn’t get us what we were looking for in upgrading our humble abode. Buying a house in LA I started scouring websites looking for houses. My dream was a mid-century modern in the hills already done (or minor jobs to be done) with a pool and view. The next thing I needed to do was see who would lend me the money. I worked on a budget of our current rent figuring we had a decent buy price to get a […]

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