And of course my wife picked now to get divorced...
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Yeah mine did too. Don't worry, whatever settlement you end up with will be frustrating and disappointing to you both.
The good news is that in 3 years all my salary will be mine and maybe I'll be able to afford a place then. Who knows. Probably not since that also expects us all to survive that long.
I've wanted to buy a house for like 10+ years. Never the right time.
20 years here. It wasn’t the right time for me in 2012, when it was rock bottom in the US. I refuse to pay 500k for a 70 year old tract home with a bad roof and original everything.
I’m currently in this boat.. I’ve wanted to sell to buy land with a house somewhere cheaper, and I have a private offer on mine (never listed on the market, friend just knows I want to move and offered), but I’m seriously considering backing out (or at least heavily delaying) because there’s absolutely nothing meeting my requirements on the market, where three months ago there were dozens of options..
As planned.
Wealthy and corporations love buying properties to rent out.
Eventually the majority will have the vast majority of their income going to rent and bills for necessities, if we're not getting there already. With no escape. It's only going to get worse.
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who's got 5 digits in the bank for a down payment? let alone a bank that will approve a loan for the only "affordable" house which is affordable because it's falling apart?
Five digits? Where you getting housing that it only takes five digits for a down payment?
Uh, even in more expensive areas $100k down payment seems a little insane
$100k is 20% of a $500k house. 20% is the traditionally "normal" amount, and $500k is a pretty average price in big cities these days...
A lot of people put down 10-15% and pay the PMI. That's what we had to do.
Or 3.5% with an FHA loan (if that's still a thing?).
I don't think most people are putting 20% down anymore tbh. Especially not in those places
100k is 6 digits
Right, the comment I'm replying to is saying that 5 digits wouldn't be enough
No it isn't. It says "who has that?", and "what bank would approve the loan for the falling apart shack that would buy"
My dad bought a house for 5k the other day. He so excited goimg around looking for more. The house should of been torned down and the town has zero jobs. But it bound and determined to gst us all to move there. "So cheap" there reason for that.
hint: the population is ~3000 and we have confederate statues
Srsly
I am also mildly surprised.