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b_b · 3448 days ago · link · · parent · post: American homeownership is at its lowest since 1967... and is still falling.
Sure, and that's a big part of the problem--that with the advent of large student debt and stagnant wages (plus untenable inflation in the rental market), no one can afford to save up for a down payment anymore. I'm not arguing that buying is easy; I was just responding to the previous poster's claim that people should be putting the difference between rental and mortgage payments into savings. I'm trying to make the assertion that the difference isn't there, and that this is just one more reason people with less money are buttfucked right now. I think we're on the same side here.