return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 24 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-square19fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down10cross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
arrow-up176arrow-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 · 24 days agomessage-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
minus-squareUnspecificGravity@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-224 days agoI guess if you also spent 20 years “3 years away” from buying a house, that was pretty normal.
minus-squareavg@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·24 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.