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Hobart, Australia: the estimate from this page for 1 week of renting, would cover a monthly of an interest only mortgage.

When I have looked into it before, that's more or less what you would expect. 1 week holiday let = covers mortgage for month.

It's almost exactly that (within 10%) for the estimate of my house.

There is a big difference between a regular mortgage and an interest only mortgage.