Buying a house can be a very tiresome business.

买房子会是件很麻烦的事。

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We were warned off buying the house.

有人劝我们不要购买这所房子。

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He's put all his savings into buying that house.

他把所有的积蓄都用来买那所房子了。

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The impact of mortgage rationing and the decline in house buying was revealed in the dampening of house-buying aspirations among private renters.

BBC: Home ownership in England continues gradual decline

So if you want to get -- if you want to buy a house, then putting zero down and buying a house that is probably not affordable for you in case something goes wrong, that's something that has to be reconsidered.

WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Press Conference

First, the relative cost of buying a house has fallen quite dramatically in the north.

ECONOMIST: Housing