return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 1 month 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-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1287arrow-down11cross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1286arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square20linkfedilinkcross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
minus-squareUnspecificGravity@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoI guess if you also spent 20 years “3 years away” from buying a house, that was pretty normal.
minus-squareavg@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·1 month 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.