Destiny Skywalker 1,874 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 I mean, don't pay what you can't afford. The nice thing about new is that usually you know the price and you don't have to fight others off with a stick like the current market. The house behind us went for $980k. The world has lost its mind. Its a bigger floor plan but the least desirable lot in the entire neighborhood. I paid like 40% of that in 2013. Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Krawlie 5,437 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Shit like that is why we’ll never be able to own a home. Maybe when all four of our parents die, but maybe not even then. Link to post Share on other sites
Zathras 462 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 3 hours ago, Darth Krawlie said: Shit like that is why we’ll never be able to own a home. Maybe when all four of our parents die, but maybe not even then. Same here for me. It always feels like the houses I want are always just expensive enough that they are out of reach, and whenever I finally do get a raise, the cost of living and inflation go up just enough to cancel out my raise! So I just continue to rent the house I am in. Link to post Share on other sites
Jedigoat 334 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 4 hours ago, Darth Krawlie said: Shit like that is why we’ll never be able to own a home. Maybe when all four of our parents die, but maybe not even then. Move to Indiana. Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Krawlie 5,437 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 But then I’d have to live in Indiana Link to post Share on other sites
RUAJedi2 200 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 With them Indiana boys on them Indiana nights? Link to post Share on other sites
RUAJedi2 200 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 I want this house. It's only $3.2 million, in the NC mountains Link to post Share on other sites
Jedigoat 334 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 21 minutes ago, Darth Krawlie said: But then I’d have to live in Indiana Oh yeah. Shit. Link to post Share on other sites
Ms. Spam 1,824 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Some parts of Indiana are very nice. https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2019/10/29/haunted-places-kentucky-and-indiana-see-map-ghost-story-sites/2496300001/ Link to post Share on other sites
Jedigoat 334 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Hamilton county, IN is commonly regarded as the best place to live, or in the top, in all the U.S. and A. So....so there. Link to post Share on other sites
Fozzie 6,417 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Columbus is great, but it's in Ohio, which isn't. Link to post Share on other sites
Jedigoat 334 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 30 minutes ago, Fozzie said: Columbus is great, but it's in Ohio, which isn't. I agree. Some of the Cincy suburbs seem kinda nice. Just observations from all the baseball tournaments my kids have played there over the years. Link to post Share on other sites
Fozzie 6,417 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 5 minutes ago, Jedigoat said: I agree. Some of the Cincy suburbs seem kinda nice. Just observations from all the baseball tournaments my kids have played there over the years. For the most part, our three big cities and suburbs are fine. I prefer Cincinnati to Cleveland by a wide margin, though. A couple smaller towns are cool - especially Yellow Springs, where Dave Chappelle lives. But other than that, there’s a lot of meth and racism. Link to post Share on other sites
Jedigoat 334 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 10 minutes ago, Fozzie said: For the most part, our three big cities and suburbs are fine. I prefer Cincinnati to Cleveland by a wide margin, though. A couple smaller towns are cool - especially Yellow Springs, where Dave Chappelle lives. But other than that, there’s a lot of meth and racism. I'm still blown away that Columbus has an NHL team and not Cincinnati or Cleveland. But in recent years, I think Columbus has surpassed them in population. Link to post Share on other sites
Destiny Skywalker 1,874 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Columbus is a cool town. I enjoyed myself when I went there (and met up with Brando). Link to post Share on other sites
Jacen123 1,709 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Yeah, I've enjoyed my various trips to Columbus. I've spent most of my time there near OSU's campus, but I've enjoyed the other parts of the city I've gotten to go to, like the North Market and the Book Loft of German Village. Link to post Share on other sites
Jedigoat 334 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Nightly King's Island field trip?? Link to post Share on other sites
Ms. Spam 1,824 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 I think I spent time around Bloomington when my ex was a guest art teacher at the school for a couple of semesters. Link to post Share on other sites
D-Ray Kenobi 352 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 We've been dipping our toes into the idea of getting our next place, we've been in our relatively small house for around thirteen years now. (Funny how the last year changed things pretty drastically.) I was shocked at how much the market has changed in what was once a really affordable area. A house that would have went for around $130K just a few years ago is now pushing $200K. That's mostly in areas that's within city limits and a quick drive to the government installation or downtown, but it's certainly a harbinger of things to come. I'm still looking for places outside of town that we might like, but I'm also looking at ways to build onto or improve our existing place. Link to post Share on other sites
Fozzie 6,417 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 25 minutes ago, D-Ray Kenobi said: We've been dipping our toes into the idea of getting our next place, we've been in our relatively small house for around thirteen years now. (Funny how the last year changed things pretty drastically.) I was shocked at how much the market has changed in what was once a really affordable area. A house that would have went for around $130K just a few years ago is now pushing $200K. That's mostly in areas that's within city limits and a quick drive to the government installation or downtown, but it's certainly a harbinger of things to come. I'm still looking for places outside of town that we might like, but I'm also looking at ways to build onto or improve our existing place. We bought our house about 6 years ago. We paid $170k, and it would definitely sell for $325k now. Maybe more. Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Krawlie 5,437 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 This kind of shit just can't be sustainable. Link to post Share on other sites
Jedigoat 334 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 1 minute ago, Darth Krawlie said: This kind of shit just can't be sustainable. I've read multiple articles about another housing crash coming soon. Hopefully that doesn't happen but the market just slows itself down before it's too late. Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Krawlie 5,437 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 I work in credit and expected the housing crash to come a couple years ago and it still hasn't yet. It probably will eventually, but prices just keep going up and up. Admittedly I have a pretty poor understanding of economics though. Link to post Share on other sites
D-Ray Kenobi 352 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 I don't see it crashing anytime soon. The main reason it did back in 2008 was because of predatory lending and finance market inventions that largely don't exist anymore. For the most part, people can afford the houses they're buying and their mortgages aren't tied up in securities anymore. Even in the last year, supply just seems to be far below demand in most towns. Places that used to be cow pastures in my area just a year ago are now spiraling mazes of suburbia. I think eventually it'll change over to a buyer's market when Gen Z can't afford houses or doesn't care about owning a house, but that's going to be a little while longer. Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Krawlie 5,437 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Of course supply is below demand... building has been slow for many many years now, and millions of people can barely afford rent, let alone a mortgage, because prices are too high. Link to post Share on other sites
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