Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to Personal Finance@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoHousing market affordability is so bad that Zillow says it will take you 13.5 years to break even on a purchase from July onwardfinance.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down19cross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1136arrow-down1external-linkHousing market affordability is so bad that Zillow says it will take you 13.5 years to break even on a purchase from July onwardfinance.yahoo.comBlaze@discuss.tchncs.de to Personal Finance@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square23fedilinkcross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
minus-squareTunaCowboy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year ago If I pay in £500 a month. Likely, 20-80 of that goes to interest. I’m gaining £480 in equity each month. What kind of amortization schedule is this based on? This seems completely divorced from reality.
minus-squareSaintpaul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoIt is. I bought my house two years ago with a low interest rate and it’s still another four years before I’m paying more money towards my principal than interest.
What kind of amortization schedule is this based on? This seems completely divorced from reality.
It is. I bought my house two years ago with a low interest rate and it’s still another four years before I’m paying more money towards my principal than interest.