I sold my house in a rural area at the end of 2019 and then signed a contract to buy my condo in the middle of a big city right before the covid quarantine started. I think I would have been significantly better off if I had waited six months to do both those things, but such is life. At least I have my low interest rate…
Bought my house in 2019 before the market went crazy and then I refinanced when the interest rates went down to 2.2%. I still can’t believe how lucky I got.
bought in 2020 … value of property has increased 50%, land value has doubled - which helps if i need to refinance as the amount owing is less than 80% of the value so i get interest rate discounts. I border a new-ish estate of mcmansions but i have double the block size. If i had some significant cash behind me i’d knockdown, divide the block and build 2 homes. but i dont, but i can dream. i’m happy… not about interest rates but it’s for the future/kids
Why specific bought in '20/'21? Bought the house as single in '00, monthly costs were about 20% less then renting a similar house in worse configtion. The value then in guilders was less then then now in euro. (about 125% rize in value) and I’m paing in morgage about 75% of what I paid when I bought it. (and that will stay the same for another 7y)
It’s a good house and way cheaper then letting. I could see ut as investment, but I need a roof to live under. It’s a comfortable and very affordable place to live.
Yeah, ok, lots of things changed in '20/'21, but housing is a long term investment. Almosta always owning something is cheaper then letting/renting/leasing, as you pay extra to the middleman to take a way some hasstle.
Adding onto what OP said, housing prices have literally more than doubled in the past two years, and interest rates were at record lows during that time, especially in 2020
They doubled before, they’ll double again, and crash.
When you sell the house at a huge profit, you’ll have to spend all again to buy one back, probably more as you have transfer costs, decorate, move,… Yes, houses have economical value, but for all it’s a necessity to be able to live in one.
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