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...