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submitted 2 years ago by JoMiran@lemmy.ml to c/news@lemmy.world

TL;DR: Americans now need to make $120K a year to afford a typical middle-class life and qualify to purchase a home. Minimum.

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[-] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Is that 120k for each, or total household?

[-] mlg@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

That 120k a year is still assuming you buy a house on a long term mortgage.

It even says 120k to qualify, not actually comfortably buy.

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[-] Meltrax@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Lol I was making nearly twice that before a layoff and still couldn't afford a condo that amounts to half or one third of a house in the neighborhood I live in.

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[-] htrayl@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I will repeat this here:

While there are a lot of factors, you really cannot understate the size of the homes being built in the US. We are building homes nearly 3x the size (despite cost per square foot only going up slightly), and pretending it has no effect on housing costs. It's actually pretty insane.

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[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Kill zoning and get lower prices.

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