A U.S. household now needs to earn $114,000 annually to afford a median-priced home. That's up 70.1% from $67,000 just six years ago, per Realtor com
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I am literally never going to own a home, and will be lucky if I die in my apartment.
may 16, 2025, 11:01 pm • 4 0 • view
Thanks I thought I was imagining that home prices almost doubled since COVID.
may 17, 2025, 1:48 pm • 0 0 • view
And it heavily depends on the area, with that salary you won’t be able to afford anything in CA or NY, rates are still very high, and prices are increasing potentially creating a new housing bubble…
may 16, 2025, 2:45 pm • 3 0 • view
There are pockets in California with somewhat affordable homes, however, the cost of living will price you out.
may 16, 2025, 2:47 pm • 1 0 • view
Count Texas out too.
may 16, 2025, 2:48 pm • 0 0 • view
I read Montana & Colorado are also ridiculous.
may 16, 2025, 2:55 pm • 1 0 • view
Too much big money buying up homes.
may 16, 2025, 2:58 pm • 2 0 • view
Fiat currency says what?
may 16, 2025, 5:46 pm • 0 0 • view
FAFO
may 16, 2025, 2:41 pm • 0 0 • view
quick question, who was president in 2019?
may 16, 2025, 3:35 pm • 3 0 • view
Don, sadly
may 16, 2025, 3:41 pm • 1 0 • view
it looks like we fucked around and trusted biden for a majority of the last 6 years and found out.
may 16, 2025, 3:43 pm • 2 0 • view
Correct…
may 16, 2025, 3:45 pm • 0 0 • view
You think that phrase aint gonna apply to you?
may 16, 2025, 3:01 pm • 4 0 • view
Nah strictly doesn’t apply to me
may 16, 2025, 3:05 pm • 0 0 • view
Big doubt homie bsky.app/profile/uelo...
may 16, 2025, 3:06 pm • 6 0 • view
Must’ve been a different guy who posted that lol
may 16, 2025, 3:08 pm • 0 0 • view
You have a 1984 quote in your bio.
may 16, 2025, 3:31 pm • 4 0 • view
I do
may 16, 2025, 3:32 pm • 0 0 • view
> six years ago so uhm...
may 16, 2025, 3:18 pm • 1 0 • view
It was still awful under Biden.
may 16, 2025, 2:46 pm • 23 0 • view
Quite awful yes
may 16, 2025, 2:55 pm • 0 0 • view
Better stop voting for establishment Democrats then!
may 16, 2025, 3:30 pm • 4 0 • view
That’s the goal
may 16, 2025, 3:31 pm • 2 0 • view
Great meme
may 16, 2025, 3:09 pm • 0 0 • view
Maybe, but not if you have any student loans, & definitely not in ridiculous real estate markets like the Denver area:-/
may 16, 2025, 9:50 pm • 2 0 • view
Federal min wage should be $28/hr.
may 16, 2025, 2:51 pm • 3 0 • view
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may 17, 2025, 3:31 am • 6 3 • view
This. People keep talking about exploding home prices like they're some natural phenomenon like the weather or plate tectonics. If home prices are going crazy and you can't afford it **it's because someone who has money IS buying it**, and spoiler, those are investment groups looking to rent them.
may 17, 2025, 3:34 am • 7 0 • view
Six years ago I could rent a nice place for $1,300. Now there isn’t anything under $2,000.
may 16, 2025, 3:22 pm • 1 0 • view
"I KNOW WHAT THE HELL IM DOING"
may 16, 2025, 10:13 pm • 0 0 • view
Trump had a fit when interests rates went up very slightly his first term. Rates were so cheap investors gobbled up houses to rent out. Now nobody will build with post covid prices, tariffs on top of high interest rates. So supply stays down. Sucks.
may 17, 2025, 1:41 pm • 2 0 • view
A CBC article was framing stagnant condo prices in Toronto and Vancouver as an issue. Housing should not be hoarded as investments. Do they typically rise in value and contribute to retirement? Yes. But they are also a necessity of life and should be seen as such before anything else.
may 16, 2025, 2:56 pm • 13 0 • view
Wow
may 16, 2025, 4:56 pm • 2 0 • view
That's called a bubble.
may 16, 2025, 2:50 pm • 4 0 • view
Fuck hey.
may 16, 2025, 6:12 pm • 2 0 • view
may 16, 2025, 2:41 pm • 9 0 • view
and yet wages haven’t budged anywhere near 70% MATTER A FACT last time I checked it was still $7.25 which was established in 2009. GEEE. I WONDER WHAT PRESIDENT DID THAT??? The system isn’t broken. It’s working exactly as designed; having consumers struggle and always foot the bills for the Elite.
may 16, 2025, 4:01 pm • 7 2 • view
No wonder I always feel poor.
may 16, 2025, 2:52 pm • 4 0 • view
Thanks to Wall Street’s intervention in the housing markets as buyers
may 16, 2025, 6:45 pm • 2 1 • view
@whstancil.bsky.social
may 16, 2025, 7:33 pm • 3 0 • view
Which is to say if you are a single person good fucking luck, you're going to have to work your balls off
may 17, 2025, 3:33 am • 3 0 • view
Was probably $114k six years ago too if we’re being honest.
may 16, 2025, 3:23 pm • 2 0 • view
I'm sure wages have kept up right, right? Padme.jpeg
may 17, 2025, 3:31 am • 2 0 • view
Americans need to earn about 70% more today than six years ago to comfortably afford a median-priced home Read more: unusualwhales.com/news/america...
may 17, 2025, 3:19 am • 63 12 • view
I make $90K, my partner makes $75K and we cant afford anything other than a shit box. Rather rent in a decent neighborhood than buy at this point 🤷🏽♂️
may 16, 2025, 10:36 pm • 7 0 • view
mmm I need to see the math on that. $114k seems low
may 16, 2025, 3:05 pm • 3 0 • view
Over here in Seattle, you can easily spend a million dollars on a home that needs a decent amount of work, has no garage, and no A/C.
may 16, 2025, 2:57 pm • 5 1 • view
My parents house, a rambler with a garage, built in the 70s has had its valuation skyrocket. They bought it in 91 for stuff 100k-110k. It's now "worth" 560k. What a fucking joke
may 16, 2025, 3:09 pm • 4 1 • view
WTF
may 17, 2025, 4:22 am • 1 0 • view
It's a damn shame what is happening due to mostly tax cuts for the rich..insane..everytime a damn Republican gets in office we go through the same damn thing...and I mean everytime..
may 16, 2025, 5:54 pm • 5 0 • view
📌 Apartments are not homes. —The #UnLanded
may 16, 2025, 2:43 pm • 6 0 • view
-- suburban boomers
may 16, 2025, 2:59 pm • 1 0 • view
Just wait a few more years while orange screwup devestates the country.
may 17, 2025, 12:26 pm • 4 0 • view
At this rate I’ll probably be in my mid-30s before I get a home. I don’t even have kids.
may 17, 2025, 3:46 am • 0 0 • view
Mid 30’s here, no kids, finally getting pre-approved for a mortgage. There’s never a right time. Hoard cash, minimize spending, make that a lifestyle, and you’ll be alright- hopefully things will get better and you’ll come out in a great spot.
may 17, 2025, 3:54 am • 4 0 • view
Careful buying at the height of a bubble. You were a tad too young to take advantage of the last crash, but you're at the perfect age to go upside down on your mortgage for the next
may 17, 2025, 2:20 pm • 1 0 • view
Whale, by far, you are my most informative follower.
may 17, 2025, 3:39 am • 1 0 • view