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re: The age of the median home buyer in 07 was born in 1968, in 2024 it is still 1968.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:04 am to SWCBonfire
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:04 am to SWCBonfire
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You do realize that the huge number of baby boomers are skewing the averages older, and Gen X is just the average age sandwiched between those boomers and millenials/gen z of homebuilders age, right?
It's median, not average, so less than half were born before 1968, but I do think a decent number of people move when they retire either to downsize or relocate.
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Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:07 am to RaoulDuke504
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To be fair to the young men
Over half the woman their age are gay and hate men because it’s cool
The average girl in your time now gets attention from across the globe on social media
The lost their social skills because they were locked away for covid
The current society has seen them as evil since they were born and has done everything to bring them down to uplift girls
All this is bullshite. Just like everything, social media magnifies the small percentage of people who fit your description.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:08 am to Cell of Awareness
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Both parties have turned what was once within reach—owning a home, building a stable life—into a pipe dream.
And they both use social issues to keep everyone distracted.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:09 am to 777Tiger
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it would make sense to keep buying and selling homes
Not necessarily.
Your house needs to appreciate pretty considerably if you sell early.
You need at least 8-10% appreciation just to cover transaction/moving costs.
When I was looking for my first house, my parents kept trying to sell us on buying the “cheap” 2/1 that was like 975 sqft. That would have been a financial disaster had I bought that and then needed to move a couple years later due to growing family.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:09 am to Breesus
People born in 1968 ate Gen X.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:10 am to RaoulDuke504
We should stop corporate interests from buying up entire neighborhoods.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:26 am to Darth_Vader
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I think this is part of the problem. Something like this is what use to constitute a starter home….
just a waste of land for all parties. Builders don't want to do that cause the cost of land is too high for moderate return on the house, and buyers don't want it cause it is small to raise a family in especially if you WFH at all. Plus a smaller house isn't going to appreciate well for the reasons you listed.
This is why you see townhomes and cookie cutters, big home builders' cost per sq foot doesn't change that much by going bigger, and they can sell a 2000 sq ft house for considerably more than a sub-1200 sq ft house.
If i am going to live in a shoe box, might as well live in an apartment with a pool and gym
This post was edited on 5/20/25 at 9:28 am
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:28 am to Fat and Happy
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comical cost of houses
Well put.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:32 am to RaoulDuke504
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The age of the median home buyer in 07 was born in 1968, in 2024 it is still 1968.
So?
The purpose of your life isn’t to own a house.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:35 am to upgrayedd
Oh I thought you were talking about me, because I did it too 
I moved to a place with dramatically lower crime rate and good schools. It wasn't a race thing, it was a quality of life thing.
I moved to a place with dramatically lower crime rate and good schools. It wasn't a race thing, it was a quality of life thing.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:36 am to 777Tiger
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the one thing I've never, ever lost a penny on is real estate
This may or may not be true, but one thing I know, is you’d be willing to lie about it
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:38 am to Dire Wolf
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I think this is part of the problem. Something like this is what use to constitute a starter home….
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just a waste of land for all parties. Builders don't want to do that cause the cost of land is too high for moderate return on the house, and buyers don't want it cause it is small to raise a family in especially if you WFH at all. Plus a smaller house isn't going to appreciate well for the reasons you listed.
This is why you see townhomes and cookie cutters, big home builders' cost per sq foot doesn't change that much by going bigger, and they can sell a 2000 sq ft house for considerably more than a sub-1200 sq ft house.
If i am going to live in a shoe box, might as well live in an apartment with a pool and gym
If that’s the case then people need to stop complaining about the cost of buying a house now compared to 20 or 30 years ago and simply be content to live in a townhouse or apartment.
This is a starter home…
This is a second, or even third home…
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:40 am to La Place Mike
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People born in 1968 ate Gen X.
1. They must be really fat.
2. Do you understand how the word median works?
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:40 am to Darth_Vader
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This is a starter home…
Listed for $375k. Someone will come pay cash and tear it down and build a new build own it
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:42 am to Darth_Vader
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If that’s the case then people need to stop complaining about the cost of buying a house now compared to 20 or 30 years ago and simply be content to live in a townhouse or apartment.
You act as if people have any say in what large builders are doing. Townhouses around me are still going for 500k+ on the low end. It is just more economical for the builder, not necessarily the buyer.
that first house you posted probably goes for 350-500k, depending on the location
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:42 am to SuperSaint
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incels need to get out of their gaming chair and find some pussy to marry.
Do you think their wives' dads will be able to buy them a house like your father-in-law did?
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:47 am to RaoulDuke504
That's sad. I bought my first home in 1996 at the age of 23. Being a homeowner is a dying idea.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:49 am to weagle1999
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So?
The purpose of your life isn’t to own a house.
Part of the appeal of America is that we aren't all crammed into multi-family units that we have to pay rent on from the time we leave our parents until we die.
A house has always meant more in America. Its an extension of your freedom. Your own piece of ground.
Purpose of life? No. Very important? I'd say so.
With immigration and new-age ways of thinking, I believe this value set is declining though. People who came over here in the early days of colonialization had a mindset that they wanted their own piece of ground, not just for themselves but for their families. And that was passed down. Its the cowboy mindset that the other Allies said we had during WW2. Now we seem to be losing it.
I guess its partly necessity.... The good jobs are in cities, and there just isn't room near the jobs for everyone to have their own spot. Immigrants don't have the engrained American mindset, and thats fine (if they are legal immigrants), It just seems kind of sad that this is what America has turned into.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:50 am to Dire Wolf
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You act as if people have any say in what large builders are doing. Townhouses around me are still going for 500k+ on the low end. It is just more economical for the builder, not necessarily the buyer. that first house you posted probably goes for 350-500k, depending on the location
“Just move to the middle of nowhere where there are no available jobs”
- The OT Enlightened
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:51 am to CatfishJohn
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It's not a race thing per se, it's just a crime thing.
Truth. People (white and black) often move due to crime, not race. Corporations leave for the same reason.
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