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pfitz59

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19. I bought my home 24 years ago. I was 40.

Reply to NickB79 (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2024, 01:15 AM

Apr 2024

Still live in it with my grown sons. It has appreciated enormously. My sons couldn't begin to afford a place like it. I will likely die here and pass it on to them.

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The 'growing crisis of the young American male' could send home prices falling for years or even decades [View all] NickB79 Apr 2024 OP

Sure WA-03 Democrat Apr 2024 #1

Same here Rebl2 Apr 2024 #4

It was the same for us when we bought our first house in '76. Chainfire Apr 2024 #10

I was 28 when I bought my home (a duplex)_ in 1981. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2024 #11

If you read the entire article at the link senseandsensibility Apr 2024 #2

They can't afford 500,000 or more in their 30's. onecaliberal Apr 2024 #3

Had my blood taken by a phlebotomist this morning Lithos Apr 2024 #5

she did not need a man...has 2 kids lol nt msongs Apr 2024 #7

Meant beyond a sperm donor ;) Lithos Apr 2024 #13

single parent families very much a common reality stopdiggin Apr 2024 #15

Depends GenThePerservering Apr 2024 #17

there all manner of deficiencies, stopdiggin Apr 2024 #18

If I had my life to do over again, I would do the same. Coventina Apr 2024 #9

Yah - this is what I got from her Lithos Apr 2024 #14

one suspects multiple age groups sharing a home is the norm for most of the world nt msongs Apr 2024 #6

Prices will not go down until Wall Street is kicked out of the market. pecosbob Apr 2024 #8

By law, hopefully. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2024 #12

Could be good news hurl Apr 2024 #16

I bought my home 24 years ago. I was 40. pfitz59 Apr 2024 #19