showing your age...

[Willow Oak]

Oh man, it scares me to think if prices have inflated this high since you lot were my age, how high will they be another 20-30 years from now? Scary.

My parents were telling me when they went to buy their first home (some 25+ years ago) it cost them $27,000ish. They were freaking out wondering how they were to afford it. Now, all the houses I look at under $100,000 are run down and need a ton of work, can't get a loan on them, etc.

The first new house we loved in -- brand new in a brand new subdivision: $14,000.

[Medusa]

The first new house we loved in -- brand new in a brand new subdivision: $14,000.

I remember my brother-in-law from my first marriage telling me that they paid $11,000 for their first home and I thought "I'll never be able to afford my own home at those prices!"