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Damn, what country are you in? I bought at the tail end of the 2008 crash. Things were still low but, coming back up. I think I’m at 4.5%

My friends parents bought in 2007 and keep making terrible financial decisions so they can’t refinance. If I understood right their interest rate is 15% or something INSANE.

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Romania. We are in the EU but not in the €urozone. We still use the local currency. For the same amount in € the rate is 6.40%. Total ripoff compared to the Northern/Western parts of the EU which is why I didn’t sign shit. They can go fuck themselves.

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Ohhh. Damn. Hope things get better

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I’d rather leave the EU for places with better opportunities for making it big fast.

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Here in Canada my wife and I got 2.19% at the end of 2021.

Unfortunately the 1100 square foot condo we bought cost us 550k.

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Ooof

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Frankly it was a steal compared to what some of the places we missed out on went for. One place we looked at was listed at 419, we offered 610, and it sold for 731. It was a ~1000 square foot bungalow with a half finished basement.

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Looks like the lowest I can go is around 6%, which makes renting a better proposition for me.

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In what location / currency ?

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USA and dollars, the math doesn’t work for buying right now… at least for me.

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For the US, June 2023:

https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/mortgages/todays-mortgage-rates-for-june-26-2023-rates-trend-higher/

For a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage, the average rate you’ll pay is 7.06%

The average rate for a 15-year, fixed mortgage is 6.46%

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12 years ago house mortgage were 4% with good credit.

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