return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 17 days agoIn just 15 years, the average U.S. homebuyer went from 39 to 59 years old: Top analyst reveals how the housing market has warped in one generationfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1295arrow-down11cross-posted to: usa@midwest.socialusa@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1294arrow-down1external-linkIn just 15 years, the average U.S. homebuyer went from 39 to 59 years old: Top analyst reveals how the housing market has warped in one generationfortune.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 17 days agomessage-square21linkfedilinkcross-posted to: usa@midwest.socialusa@lemmy.ml
minus-squareUnspecificGravity@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-216 days agoI guess if you also spent 20 years “3 years away” from buying a house, that was pretty normal.
minus-squareavg@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·16 days agoMan if my wife didn’t push us to buy in 21, we would be way more than 3 years away, I wouldn’t be able to afford my house today. Now as much as it feels like a blessing to own a house, it’s also a trap since if I sell, I can’t get another one.
I guess if you also spent 20 years “3 years away” from buying a house, that was pretty normal.
Man if my wife didn’t push us to buy in 21, we would be way more than 3 years away, I wouldn’t be able to afford my house today. Now as much as it feels like a blessing to own a house, it’s also a trap since if I sell, I can’t get another one.