Orlando realtor Freddie Smith discusses how owning a home and living a typical middle class life has become increasingly unattainable for most millennials and older Gen Z.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/10623652

TL;DR: Americans now need to make $120K a year to afford a typical middle-class life and qualify to purchase a home. Minimum.

    • Pohl@lemmy.worldEnglish
      616·
      10 months ago

      It’s weird, I didn’t say I found those prices in your town. In MY town a 60s palace is ~ 100k and a middle class home as described by the author is 400k

      My point is that what is called a middle class home has slid way the fuck up market since the salad days of the 1960s.

      • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        12·
        10 months ago

        You said they’re small and cheap. Small is right, but the household income needed to afford the fixer upper is nearly twice the average household income in my city.

      • Nudding@lemmy.worldEnglish
        72·
        10 months ago

        So if everybody moved to your town for the low price of homes what do you think would happen to the prices?

      • CherenkovBlue@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
        62·
        10 months ago

        Not sure why you are getting down voted. It’s true, house size has inflated significantly, and it drives cost. My first home was built in the 1970s and was 1500 sqft, bought for $136k in 2017 (Zestimate is about $200k now). My current one is about 3000 sqft and it’s stupidly big, but it’s what was available that’s not a total fixer upper.

        I saw an article in WaPo the other day about house size and affordability, with one couple having a baby on the way and deciding not to move despite “needing” more space. Their house was crammed to the gills with stuff. So. Much. Stuff. I think removal of a lot of the stuff would help free up living space (so did the WaPo commenters).

        • Uranium3006@kbin.social
          2·
          10 months ago

          I just cleaned out my apartment and wow just the old shoes that were trash were taking up so much space.