• Shindo66@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Im hugely in debt, but my house has like 250k in equity. Buying this house was the best thing I ever lucked into doing.

    • pHr34kY@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      That’s the funny thing. You could have a huge house debt with massive repayments, but your net worth is based on the value of the house and what you still owe. Your disposable income is comparable to a homeless person.

      I felt dirt poor right up until my last payment.

    • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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      3 days ago

      Yeah, I’m not American, and the Dutch housing market has been insane the last… 20 years or so. I did the maths a while ago, and my house has gone up in value about 60 euros every single day.

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        2 days ago

        Yeah my parents house went from 800k (ehen they built it) to nearly 5 million in 20 years here in Switzerland. Absolutely bonkers. That’s like 500 swiss francs per day.

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        2 days ago

        Dutch as well. Never thought about it like that… Mine has probably gone up 47 euros a day…