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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:09 AM Original message |
Serious question: How many of you young working people-around 30 or so- |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. One thing is to consider interest rates. |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
2. We are lucky in that we have both managed to stay employed full-time, though |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. That's what we did - bought LESS than what we could have, and |
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proudohioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Smart move on your part.... |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. The real reason was, the other house we looked at - for a lot more money - |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 06:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
38. in 1977 my parents bought 3 acres, built a huge house for 30k |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
3. I am 39, I can't |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. My brother lives in Nattick and I could not afford his garage.nt |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. I believe it! |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
4. All of my kids have |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. Nope |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
6. What a deal! Where is your house? |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. We live right outside of Reading, PA - about 3 houses outside the city line. |
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proudohioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Come to NE Ohio, you'll find a ton of them well under $100,000... |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. She ain't lying. |
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proudohioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
9. I have often wondered the same thing..... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. I would have thought that outrageous in 1985 |
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proudohioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. $64,000 was pretty standard in Denver..... |
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JoDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
12. Heck no |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
14. fewer and fewer can afford rent |
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proudohioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Thank you!!! |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
15. We are 53 and 48, we were not able to buy until |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. bob, my wife has HepC, was told she had 5 years to live.This October |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
17. Not responsibly, no. |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
18. 25 (Ohio)... me and my wife are making ends meet. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
19. I am 34 now but bought a house at 26. It was not easy, and we live in Connecticut, not a cheap place |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
20. I bought a house 8 years ago just out of college at age 24. Had to save up |
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apples and oranges (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
21. I haven't seen anyone that age group buying homes since 2006-07 |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
25. I'm 38 and I couldn't - not in the place I want to be, anyway |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
26. I bought last year at the age of 32 |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. 30 yrs old here. can't afford a home and i make pretty damn good money. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. How much do you pay for rent each month? |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. $1,200 in suburban Cincinnati. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Have you tried finding a lender that does "manual underwriting"? |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 06:09 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. We went through a bankruptcy-as long as it is discharged, you may not have |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
34. I was 30 when I bought my first house a decade ago-- |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. I think the area you're talking about makes a big difference |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
36. I wonder how much farther the housing prices will fall - maybe some of you can |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
39. The two-story, brick bungalow that my parents bought in 1971 for $21,000... |
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WilmywoodNCparalegal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
40. My BF and I just bought a house |
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