• artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
    181·
    12 hours ago

    “Back in the day” they were like 13-18% but they were also like $80k. Lower interest rates is what drives up the cost of housing.

    • errer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      7 hours ago

      Calculating that: it’s about $1300/month, in 1996 dollars, which with inflation would be $2600 today. And you almost certainly refinanced in the 2000s when interest rates dropped like a stone. This is what my parents paid for the same neighborhood I live in.

      Mine is $3600 and I “lucked out” with a 2.65% interest rate. The difference is mostly because the home values increased 10x in that time (vs. the 2x of inflation).