[Chani]

The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 6.54% from 6.44% last week

This irks the peewaddin outta me. In 1986, my mortgage rate was 10%!! Ten years later I refinanced at 7.5%! And I was earning a hell of a lot less than ppl today. grrr. lol

[Godzilla]

I was in a similar boat when I bought a house in 1996. I think one of the big differences is that back then houses were reasonably priced unlike today where the prices have skyrocketed out of control.