On top of that, finding the ideal house as a renter is almost impossible; there's a lack of housing, and rents are extremely expensive and unreasonable at the same time. We had a difficult time finding a house recently, and it's far from ideal. There is now a new government-funded loan program that is about to start, funding up to 75% of the loan interest-free while the rest is funded by private banks and is subject to a relatively low interest rate. This led me to think about taking a loan and purchasing an average two-bedroom apartment, but I have the concerns that I voiced earlier.
The main argument for renting vs buying a house or apartment is that you don't lock yourself down in one place. In my country it has become quite common for people to change their job frequently, a good friend of mine for example lived in 3 different countries over the last 8 years. Owning an apartment in such a case would make it much more difficult to switch cities and accepting a new job. Renting instead of owning gives us a lot of flexibility and also is less cost that we need to pay each month. When buying an apartment or house it involves usually 80% of borrowed money which can take a very long time to pay back. Especially now in times of inflation rates of 10% the borrowing cost can increase quite a lot down the road. It can take 30 years to pay off one house and is going to put a lot of constraints on us.