Things that’ll probably happen before I can buy a house: pigs flying and Hell freezing over.
The housing market is a bit of a doozy right now, to say the least.
And as a once-hopeful-homeowner-who’s-now-renting-because-well-that’s-life, I know it’s hard out here for everyone.
Breaking into the market is so difficult."
vkatiev
2.
You cant find anything less than $250K that doesnt need a decent amount of work and investment.
Second house I toured had four offers all over asking."
alexis4909adb0c
4.
“‘Going’ would suggest there’s been progress, which hasn’t been the case for me.
I’ve been looking for a few years now.
At first, I was picky and couldn’t really find what I wanted.
officialwolf24
6.
“In the UK here.
I have been renting all my life and just about getting by.
This was early last year.
Interest rates are now too high.
I had gone from being able to afford a mortgage but not a deposit, to having a deposit.
But not being able to afford the mortgage.
It feels like a scam.”
“Dayton, Ohio area.
2.1% interest rate, and we were the first owners.
kimharmon04kh
8.
“We purchased out home in June of this past year.
“We weren’t able to close until June 2023. humirachic
10.
“My boyfriend and I got our first house in 2023.
We would have been approved for $350K which there is nothing for that price in our region.
Fortunately, my MIL gifted us her house for a price below the market so we could afford it.
We honestly think this is the only way we could ever afford a house.
Its impossible for anyone to afford a house in our counties.”
“I bought in 2019.
It feels like the house version of golden handcuffs.”
litflonkerton
12.
“We bought in 2006, on one of those ‘bad’ mortgages.
In that time our home has gone from barely livable to the nicest place on the street.
The few people on our street who have been here longer than us are great.
The neighborhood is not what we want for ourselves let alone our young kid.
Plus we are now far away from jobs, school, friends, and family.”
In short:
13.
“Simply, its not going LOL.”
kayburger
14.
“It’s a fucking hellscape and I’m crying all the time.”
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