jeff11@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nzEnglish · 11 months agoWhat Would Be A Fair Wage Today, In Housing Terms?vjmpublishing.nzexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squareHappycamperNZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months agoI think housing terms skewes what people need to live as price increases have greatly exceeded everything else - especially when paying off interest is included.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoYeah, double digit interest rates were the norm for a lot of this time period, meanwhile I first mortgaged my house at 4%.
I think housing terms skewes what people need to live as price increases have greatly exceeded everything else - especially when paying off interest is included.
Yeah, double digit interest rates were the norm for a lot of this time period, meanwhile I first mortgaged my house at 4%.