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To: hcmama

Mortgage rates were 12.5% when the missus and I were first looking at house...


8 posted on 09/25/2026 8:49:54 AM PDT by desertsolitaire ("Wenn hinter Fliegen Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen nach.")
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To: desertsolitaire
Our first mortgage was 8.5%.

But there is a heck of a lot of difference between financing $144,000 at 8.5% and financing $450,000 at 8.5%, even when accounting for wage growth

11 posted on 09/25/2026 8:55:36 AM PDT by hcmama (Love that guy.)
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To: desertsolitaire
Our first mortgage was 8.5%.

But there is a heck of a lot of difference between financing $144,000 at 8.5% and financing $450,000 at 8.5%, even when accounting for wage growth

13 posted on 09/25/2026 9:00:13 AM PDT by hcmama (Love that guy.)
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To: desertsolitaire

We paid 9.25% for our first mortgage.


15 posted on 09/25/2026 9:25:54 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: desertsolitaire

18% for me


31 posted on 09/25/2026 11:54:34 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been A Member of the Democrat Party USA?)
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