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Low interest rate debt turned housing into a lending arms race to see how deep you can bury yourself. There are other ways. Like buying one brick at a time.
by notch898a 4y ago
Low interest rate debt turned housing into a lending arms race to see how deep you can bury yourself.
There are other ways. Like buying one brick at a time. It's a real thing in places where access to lending is less common.
- ticviking 4y agoI've lived in homes built that way. They're always a little janky, but usually much higher quality overall because they're built for a family and not for quick turnaround. I know guys who are literally growing the timber for their dream home while they live in a singlewide. Lifestyle inflation in the USA is caused in large part by access to this easy debt, and it routinely ruins people in the bottom half of the income distribution.