Do you think we will ever have affordable housing again in our lifetime?
Do you think we will ever have affordable housing again in our lifetime?
Considering how crazy expensive accommodations have become the last couple of years, concentrated in the hands of greedy corporations, landlords and how little politicians seem to care about this problem, do you think we will ever experience a real estate market crash that would bring those exorbitant prices back to Earth?
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I'm trying to get a mortgage atm. Long term disabled / self-employed with low income, got dad as a guarantor, I feel amazed we managed to get a single lender, we now have a mortgage in principle.
I'm also horribly unlucky so I can predict with near-certainty that yes house prices will crash immediately after I'm on the hook at 7.5%, at which point interest rates will also plummet.
Can't put a price on having my own space and not being evicted on the whim of a greedy landlord though (my current situation, 13 years, £70k in rent, not so much as a thank you or goodbye, just off you fuck so I can get someone in paying more).
You can always refinance if rates plummet. But rates and prices have an inverse relationship. Prices fall when rates increase and prices rise when rates fall. So your ideal scenario is to get in with high rates and low prices, then refinance later for a lower rate. Although right now we have the worst of both worlds, high rates and high prices. Prices are starting to stagnate due to rising rates, and may eventually start trickling back down as high rates hold.
Thanks, that's really helpful info. One of my friends told me I was insane for buying a house right now, but my response was that there's never really a 'good time' to buy a house... the best time was always 10 years ago! Trying to time the market whether with houses, stocks, crypto, whatever is rarely a good idea.