> Something has to have changed since then. In 35 years an awful lot has changed. What are you thinking specifically? Interest rate wouldn't be too hard to fi

> Something has to have changed since then. In 35 years an awful lot has changed. What are you thinking specifically? Interest rate wouldn't be too hard to find, though it'd be a lot of trouble to find out the terms of the loan. One thing I can comfortably say though is that they'd been living at home and saving for a while, so could pay quite a lot of the full housing cost up front. Maybe 30-50%. Nowadays it's a joke to think about doing a 50% down payment on a 1-2 million dollar home.