India, Sept. 6 -- Hyderabad's soaring real estate prices are testing even high-earning professionals. A Reddit post by a city-based IT professional and his wife highlighted the rising cost of housing, job insecurity, and the tough decision young couples face when weighing renting versus buying, the heart versus the math.

The buyer, in his early 30s, shared that he and his wife together earn over Rs.4 lakh per month and are planning to start a family. "Currently, 2,000 sq ft flats are in the range of Rs.1.5-2 crore, that too under construction. Even after paying this much, my mind is not able to justify it," he wrote. With no ancestral property or family support to fall back on, he said the emotional pull to buy a home has been getting st...