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re: The average interest rate on a 30-year mortgage rises to 7.62%, the highest since 2000

Posted on 9/8/23 at 12:27 pm to
Posted by OSqueal
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Posted on 9/8/23 at 12:27 pm to
Same here...locked in 2.5. I'm going to freaking die here.
Posted by madamsquirrel
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Member since Jul 2009
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Posted on 9/8/23 at 12:28 pm to
I was thinking stimulus checks not PPP money so I will

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Shut the frick up, you have no idea how economics works.
This post was edited on 9/8/23 at 12:38 pm
Posted by ItNeverRains
Offugeaux
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 9/8/23 at 12:47 pm to
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Yet prices still arent dropping Realtors are assholes


10/10. Well done
This post was edited on 9/8/23 at 12:48 pm
Posted by RealDawg
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Posted on 9/8/23 at 12:50 pm to
Prices will never return down. New normal. Too many at the “new” values.

Multifamily living booming.

People aren’t moving so only supply is really new homes built.
Posted by PureBlood
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Member since Oct 2021
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Posted on 9/8/23 at 12:54 pm to
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Going to get worse



Needs to get worse. First time homebuying qualifications need dramatic increase in standards
Posted by SabiDojo
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Posted on 9/8/23 at 1:02 pm to
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Needs to get worse. First time homebuying qualifications need dramatic increase in standards


What?!
Posted by REB BEER
Laffy Yet
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 9/8/23 at 1:15 pm to
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Yet prices still arent dropping

Realtors are assholes


I see at least one person doesn’t understand supply and demand.
Posted by BlackPot
Member since Oct 2016
2385 posts
Posted on 9/8/23 at 1:18 pm to
Glad I built when I did. I told a lot of people on the Home board to stop waiting for lumber to go down. I got a lot of downvotes. Now they can't build at all. I'm at 2.8 and I'm never leaving.
Posted by Powerman
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Posted on 9/8/23 at 1:20 pm to
I give you shite sometimes but I actually enjoy these threads

Useful information
Posted by Chicken
Jackassistan
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Posted on 9/8/23 at 1:23 pm to
When I bought my first house in 1998, pretty sure the interest rate was around 7%...I don't recall complaining about it at the time...
This post was edited on 9/8/23 at 1:24 pm
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
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Member since Apr 2008
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Posted on 9/8/23 at 1:26 pm to
There's a house that came up for sale in a neighborhood I've been wanting to move to for a few years but man we refinanced at 2.5% and a 15 year note. Hard to let go of that.
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
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Posted on 9/8/23 at 1:28 pm to
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When I bought my first house in 1998, pretty sure the interest rate was around 7%...I don't recall complaining about it at the time...



What was the sales price?
Posted by SabiDojo
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Posted on 9/8/23 at 1:28 pm to
The average student loan debt in 1998 was around $14,000 and the average home price was around $150,000. Now? Average student loan debt is much higher and the average US home is almost $450,000. It's a much different ballgame now.
Posted by DakIsNoLB
Member since Sep 2015
1059 posts
Posted on 9/8/23 at 1:32 pm to
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Biden extended all of that longer than it needed to be extended, but it all started during Trump's tenure.


This was huge and not in a good way.
Posted by Scruffy
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Member since Jul 2011
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Posted on 9/8/23 at 1:35 pm to
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When I bought my first house in 1998, pretty sure the interest rate was around 7%...I don't recall complaining about it at the time...
No one would complain if the average home price today was what it was in 1998.

It was about 50% of what it is now, if Scruffy is reading the data right.

Looks like home prices increased 74% from 2010 to 2022.

Give me the prices you paid and I’ll be happy with my 7%.
Posted by DakIsNoLB
Member since Sep 2015
1059 posts
Posted on 9/8/23 at 1:36 pm to
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Sure, but even kids who are making the right decisions are still in a shite situation. I bought my house 6 years ago. If I was 6 years younger, looking to buy the same house that I'm in now and had made all of the same life choices that I made back then (no student loans, good degrees, etc...), I would be stuck looking at a mortgage that is $1450 more than I currently pay.


I agree it's a tougher time than when I bought my house; rent is eating up a lot of income that could be saved. I think it is still doable, but priorities vary from person to person. I just disagree with the notion that new grads should be able to buy a house. That's not realistic.
Posted by Chicken
Jackassistan
Member since Aug 2003
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Posted on 9/8/23 at 1:40 pm to
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Looks like home prices increased 74% from 2010 to 2022.
how much have wages increased from 1998 to now?
Posted by Delacroix22
Member since Aug 2013
4424 posts
Posted on 9/8/23 at 1:40 pm to
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When I bought my first house in 1998, pretty sure the interest rate was around 7%...I don't recall complaining about it at the time...



What was the price per square foot?

How far did your dollar go?

So much more to consider rather than "I bought a house 30 years ago at similar rates, what's the matter"
This post was edited on 9/8/23 at 1:40 pm
Posted by stout
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Member since Sep 2006
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Posted on 9/8/23 at 1:42 pm to
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how much have wages increased from 1998 to now?




Average home price has far outpaced wage growth since then

I posted this earlier but in case you missed it this will help put it into perspective


Per Black Knight: It would take some combination of up to a 28% decline in home prices, a more than 4% reduction in 30-year mortgage rates, or up to a 60% growth in median household incomes to bring home affordability back to its 25-year average.


Posted by JohnnyKilroy
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Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 9/8/23 at 1:43 pm to
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how much have wages increased from 1998 to now?



Way tf less than housing prices

The respective increases are not even remotely close.
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