Commercial Times: Wealth gap widening between generations

A recent survey reveals that in the second quarter of this year, Taiwanese families that own their own homes spent 30 percent of their incomes repaying mortgage loans every month on average. In Taipei, where housing prices are the highest, mortgage repayments accounted for 45 percent of household incomes on average.

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