A $100k Salary No Longer Buys the Typical Home
Six figures used to buy you a pretty sweet house: about 140% of the typical home. Now? About 90%. What happened?
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Six figures used to buy you a pretty sweet house: about 140% of the typical home. Now? About 90%. What happened?
Thought you needed 20% down to buy a home? Or even 5%? How about 0%. Yes, these mortgages exist today.
Updated 2025 conventional loan requirements and guidelines.
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A typical first-time buyer house payment eats up 50% of the median income. But these aren't uncharted waters. It just feels terrible because the early 2020s were comparatively so cheap.
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Trump told rally-goers in Arizona that mortgage rates would fall to 2% during his presidency. Is that anywhere near possible?
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