r/SipsTea • • 21h ago

SMH The advice didn't age well.

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u/TelephoneNorth8640 18h ago

Why do people think the 80s were a boon? People struggled. Remember mortgage rates were over 15% at points, and averaged around 11%. Sure houses were cheap, because financing was so expensive...

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u/FaceMace87 16h ago

Give me 15% on 60k  over 6% on 400k

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u/No_Mind_7397 16h ago

Adjusted for inflation, both of those scenarios come out to around $2,300 a month.