The Cost To Rent An Apartment In Europe Is Laughably Cheap

But, here again, it’s all relative [View in browser]( [The Juice Logo] Proprietary Data Insights Top European Equity ETF Searches This Month Rank Name Searches #1 Global X DAX Germany ETF 935 #2 Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF 495 #3 SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF 340 #4 iShares MSCI Germany ETF 321 #5 iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF 241 #ad [Top Stock Picks for Massive Profits]( Brought to you by [Brookwood Estates]( [Unlock Investment Potential in America’s Aging Population]( [ Brookwood Estates - Unlock Investment Potential in America’s Aging Population]( With over 80 years of experience, Brookwood Estates is opening its next project in Southeast Michigan for public investment. Don’t miss your opportunity for the potential to secure 8% passive preferred income and 20% - 26% ROI. [Learn more about this investment opportunity today!]( The Cost To Rent An Apartment In Europe Is Laughably Cheap Before we get into today’s meaty subject, expect a series on international ETF investing soon. Because today’s Juice focuses on Europe, we asked Trackstar, our proprietary sentiment indicator, to tell us about the most-searched ETFs focused on the continent. We took a gander at the results and think it will be interesting to apply [some of the methods we use to dissect domestic ETFs]( to foreign ones. We have big plans for The Juice to wrap up 2023 (yeah, it’s almost October!) and start 2024 strong. So, stay tuned and [tell a friend or lover](. Anyway, [in Monday’s Juice]( we consider—relatively speaking—the cost of rent in the United States of America: First, to be able to afford the median rent nationwide of $2,052, as of August, you need to earn $6,840 a month, or $82,080 a year, if you’d like to keep your payment at 30% of your pre-tax income. With the median weekly for full-time wage and salary workers in the United States at $1,163.41 in the government’s latest report, we’re talking just under $56,000 a year. It’s not too tough to see how those numbers add up. Of course, it’s all relative. Based on quite a few factors, but particularly location and income. Two variables that have a relationship meaningful to this discussion. Chances are you might make more money in New York City or San Francisco or Boston than you would doing the same job in St. Louis or Cincinnati. You can apply similar it’s all relative thinking when you consider the cost to rent in Europe. As an American making American money from an American company, rent in Europe looks dirt cheap. Relative to what you pay—in relation to your earnings—in the United States. Check out the top ten most expensive average rents in Europe (in euros) with the year-over-year increase or decrease in parenthesis: - Lisbon, Portugal: 2,500 (+25%) - Amsterdam, Netherlands: 2,300 (+18%) - Utrecht, Netherlands: 1,950 (+26%) - Paris, France: 1,802 (-6%) - Munich, Germany: 1,755 (+4%) - Milan, Italy: 1,750 (-3%) - Berlin, Germany: 1,748 (+4%) - The Hague, Netherlands: 1,725 (+28%) - Florence, Italy: 1,700 (+21%) - Barcelona, Spain: 1,580 (+9) Another notable is Budapest, Hungary where the 1,100 average rent represents a 43% year-over-year pop. No doubt, tourism plays a role, but also foreigners making foreign money, who are able to work from anywhere, thus helping to drive up the cost of renting an apartment. If you’re American—or maybe Canadian, as Canada also has insanely expensive rents—this is a sweet deal. Your dollar, even when it’s somewhat weak, can take you much further in Europe from a cost of living standpoint. However, if you’re European, earning the median wage in your country, you’re in a similar boat to Americans at the median. Consider now, some average salaries (annual/monthly in euros) from across Europe, including some of the places on the rent list: - Paris: 54,100/4,508 - Amsterdam: 52,000/4,333 - The Hague: 50,000/4,167 - Utrecht: 47,000/3,917 - Barcelona: 38,226/3,185 Across the eurozone, the 2,111 euros a month, as of Q1/2023. Here again—all together now—it’s all relative! If you’re making 4,500 a month in Paris and want to rent the average apartment at 1,800, you’re committing 40% of your pretax income to housing. Just as we toggle the lever between income, rents and location in the U.S. you can do the same exercise—on your own time(!)—in Europe and elsewhere. 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