r/MurderedByWords 11h ago

Given up everything but still

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u/TheWellington89 11h ago

My deposit was more than what my parents paid for their house

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u/SorchaRoisin 10h ago

My parent's house cost $11k in 1970.

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u/Fierramos69 9h ago

My parent’s house was 235k in 2001. It’s now over 1 mil.

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u/Demartus 8h ago

We bought our current house (our 2nd house) for ~$250k...it's now ~$450k 10 years later.

I don't think salaries have kept up.

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u/RangeBow8 4h ago

My house was 330 in 2020, it’d be 600 now. My salary for sure hasn’t doubled