Texashiker
Lifer
- Dec 18, 2010
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It's the internet, everyone is talking out of their behind. Everyone here make it sound as if people buying houses are putting down at least 20%. I know that is very rare, but yet everyone on this forum swear that is the norm.
My wife and I had to move 3 times to find a community where we could afford to buy something.
First we lived close to Conroe Texas - there is no way we could afford to live there.
Moved back to my home town, Bridge City, Texas. Housing was so expensive we could not afford to buy there either.
We finally moved to a rural town in east Texas where the housing prices were "somewhat" affordable. Even for where we live now its still too expensive. Maybe after the market finishes crashing the average middle class family will be able to buy a house like they did 20 years ago.
Part of the problem is finding a nice community where the housing market is not bloated, and go from there. My wife and I agreed it was in our best financial interest to live in a place where we could buy something without spending a fortune.
