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post 1655440533 02-01-2022, 07:23 PM
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Realistically, I will have to gift each of my children a house

Pretty much becoming like Moscow now - the only people of my generation or younger who have a hope of home ownership is through inheriting (or moving overseas)

There is no way you could reasonably expect a kid to afford even a starter home at todays prices and things will continue to get worse

Don’t want my kids to be forced into servitude to a bank or worse to be a rentcel coper

Didn’t want to be one of those parents but seems like there’s no alternative
post 1655441283 02-01-2022, 07:36 PM
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Maybe if people stopped popping kids out land wouldn’t be at such a premium.

You can’t produce more of it. In b4 there’s still plenty of land. Not really…. Not close enough to where most of civilization resides anyway and that’s the problem
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post 1655442043 02-01-2022, 07:47 PM
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It's not looking good for younger people wanting to own a home.

And it straight up doesn't make sense.

Some areas may have more people migrating in, but prices seem to be up everywhere.

Yes, inflation, reduced purchasing power, but wages haven't gone up that much.

Plus birthrates are supposed to be trending downward so shouldn't there eventually be enough homes available to meet demand?

The only big fat fly I see is rental housing [aka: non-owner occupied housing].

So your kids [and everyone else's kids] could probably afford housing IF we make ownership of 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. homes too expensive for most people to bother with- or just straight cap the percentage of profit over expenses for rentals.

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post 1655442133 02-01-2022, 07:49 PM
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I'm not one to expect kids any time soon, nor do I even know that I'd want to be a father in my life time at all tbh.

That said, you don't need to provide houses to your kids... srs. You only need to provide for 0-18 + higher education, which essentially just means 0-22/24ish. Hopefully any scholarships, grants, etc. can help them pursue their needed education with no student loans and no debt by the time they begin their careers. Beyond that, you need to simultaneously have enough to support yourself in your elder years, so that you don't need to rely on your kids as care takers in your life.

^ That's how I look at it. And I think it universally applies to any other country/nation/civilization. Regardless of property ownership or the costs of housing.
post 1655442193 02-01-2022, 07:51 PM
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Rentcels is why we have so many communist lefties who want everything handed to them. No hope in their miserable lives.
post 1655442383 02-01-2022, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted By katya422
It's not looking good for younger people wanting to own a home.

And it straight up doesn't make sense.

Some areas may have more people migrating in, but prices seem to be up everywhere.

Yes, inflation, reduced purchasing power, but wages haven't gone up that much.

Plus birthrates are supposed to be trending downward so shouldn't there eventually be enough homes available to meet demand?

The only big fat fly I see is rental housing [aka: non-owner occupied housing].

So your kids [and everyone else's kids] could probably afford housing IF we make ownership of 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. homes too expensive for most people to bother with- or just straight cap the percentage of profit over expenses for rentals.

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Uh even if birth rates are lower recently you do know the birth rate is still higher than the death rate, right?

Also there’s a lag. So what you really need to look at is population growth 20-30 years ago. Because those people are the ones now entering the housing market.
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post 1655442433 02-01-2022, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted By JayJ350
Rentcels is why we have so many communist lefties who want everything handed to them. No hope in their miserable lives.
Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?

No, says the state, it belongs to us.
post 1655442683 02-01-2022, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted By SoutheastBeast1
Uh even if birth rates are lower recently you do know the birth rate is still higher than the death rate, right?

Also there’s a lag. So what you really need to look at is population growth 20-30 years ago. Because those people are the ones now entering the housing market.
Between 1990-2000, roughly 2.5 mil were added to the US population

By comparison, from 1960-1970, 2 mil were added to it.


So you’ve got an extra half million entering the housing market today than you did 30 years ago. That’s a lot. At some point there’s a squeeze that happens. It has to happen. The US didn’t exactly grow its land 20% in the last 30 years. A maybe a few more cities are more prominent than 30 years ago in attempts to absorb the population growth but probably not to the extent of the increase.
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post 1655443063 02-01-2022, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted By SoutheastBeast1
Between 1990-2000, roughly 2.5 mil were added to the US population

By comparison, from 1960-1970, 2 mil were added to it.


So you’ve got an extra half million entering the housing market today than you did 30 years ago. That’s a lot. At some point there’s a squeeze that happens. It has to happen. The US didn’t exactly grow its land 20% in the last 30 years. A maybe a few more cities are more prominent than 30 years ago in attempts to absorb the population growth but probably not to the extent of the increase.
Added how? Births or immigration?

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post 1655443153 02-01-2022, 08:11 PM
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Most likely they will waste the opportunity you give them and their offspring will end up as rentcel copers spendmaxxing ending your family line.


All because some foriegn investors bought up all their chit.
post 1655443303 02-01-2022, 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted By katya422
Added how? Births or immigration?

Lol yeah just births. I’m not even factoring in immigration so you get the point how it can stack up lol

It’s not all population growth of course. There are other factors. Like some have said people buying up stuff and forcing people to rent to make a buck is also part of it.
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post 1655443323 02-01-2022, 08:13 PM
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post 1655443923 02-01-2022, 08:27 PM
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Back in the days the purpose of having children was to have people to take care of you when you get old and decrepit, which was about 45 years old. Now parents are funding their kid’s lives into their 30s and 40s.
post 1655443953 02-01-2022, 08:28 PM
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not sure if srs. If your kids are decently intelligent and hard-working they won't have any problems at all.

You only need to do this if your kids are useless drains on society (which tbf most people are so maybe)
post 1655444353 02-01-2022, 08:38 PM
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Will give cash to help finance their first mortgage (help them out with the deposit)
Up to them to secure employment to actually get approved for loan and service the loan though.
post 1655444853 02-01-2022, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted By TheJediBrah
not sure if srs.If your kids are decently intelligent and hard-working they won't have any problems at all.

You only need to do this if your kids are useless drains on society (which tbf most people are so maybe)
The median house price here is now well above $1 million Australian pesos.

$100kpa is considered to be a reasonable salary.

“Get good grades, get a good degree and get a good job” is not going to cut it.

Teaching kids the value of money and hard work is great and all but that doesn’t mean they need to be sold into slavery to afford a decent home for themselves.
Originally Posted By GuineaDago585
Back in the days the purpose of having children was to have people to take care of you when you get old and decrepit, which was about 45 years old. Now parents are funding their kid’s lives into their 30s and 40s.
I didn’t create the problem but I was lucky enough to get in early enough and profit from it.

Don’t really want my kids sitting around waiting for me to die so they can inherit.

Would rather improve their lives while I’m alive.
post 1655445393 02-01-2022, 08:58 PM
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