JAKARTA -- Oktafia, a twentysomething Jakarta-based marketing professional, decided in 2020 it was time to buy her own home -- as pandemic restrictions made her boarding house feel too claustrophobic.
Two women look at a real estate development model at a property exhibition in Jakarta. Indonesia's weak mortgage market makes it harder for people to obtain affordable financing to buy homes. © Reuters
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