• KoboldKomrade [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    13 days ago

    Its price. Dad sold his house for ~120k. 4 years later sells again for 250k. Houses where I went to college went from 200k to 400k-500k. Its insane. These are like 2-3 bedroom houses too, in a decent area, but not the “best”.

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      13 days ago

      It’s everywhere, not just Florida. House prices have doubled in my po-dunk little college town in rural Ohio, but nothing is selling. They aren’t even pretending that prices are based on anything any more.

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        100k was pretty doable for workers where my dad lived. 200k is a stretch, basically destroys the “expendable” portion of a budget there. The 200k was near to Disney (within an hour), and pay was somewhat higher, so kinda doable for a lower-middle class person. 400k isn’t doable for anyone but those interested in landlording. Monthly payments are higher then rents, and rents are already barely doable.