Mortgage rates soar over 7%

ABC News’ business correspondent Alexis Christoforous breaks down the current housing market.
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[@mirandamillsivy]

They raise interest rates, but then continue their obscene overspending and money printing. Such a mess

[@stevenorris1]

They stopped printing money when they started hiking interest rates. That's the literal meaning of quantitative tightening.

[@michealpnoel]

yes, my point being why go through this process if you will continue overspending and devaluing the dollar either way. It’s a mess, we wouldn’t be in this spot if our government could run a budget. On a personal note I've worked closely with my advisor to grow my portfolio from $200k to $4.8 million through stock trading because as a businessman, I prefer to invest my money rather than let it sit idle and lose value over time due to inflation.

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[@michealpnoel]

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[@Ali-uf5du]

This price is the problem, not the mortgage rates.

[@casey896]

…..And I was complaining about 3.625% back when I purchased. Guess I should quit my whining.

[@terrodar19]

has anyone heard this administration say ‘build back better’ lately???

[@JohnSmith-xu7ev]

With their billion dollar infrastructure bill, that only used 10% for infrastructure

[@AlexZ-lc6nl]

At 7% prices should drop…OR at least level out. However, they keep rising….now why would anyone buy a 900K sardine house at 7%….waiting for the price to go down.

[@bobwoods1302]

Still better than pissing money away every month on rent.

[@Fatboylo1980]

There is an ass for every seat that’s why. It’s amazing how people are in such a hurry to spend a lifetime of work on a home that’s 30-40% overpriced. The bottom is going to fall out, not of matter of if but when. Unsustainable

[@ivecadit]

It's not that the houses are overpriced, it's that the dollar is being debased. Prices are not coming down. If you are ever going to buy, buy now. You can always refinance in the future but you can't lower your purchase price in the future.

[@bobwoods1302]

@@Fatboylo1980 $400,000 is actually not that bad. Here in Toronto the average detached home price is over a million USD. For a half decent new 1 bedroom 800 sqft condo your looking at about $400 000 USD. So trust me. It can go a lot higher.

[@oshynclair7592]

​@bobwoods1302 Depends on who you're asking

[@sakurakos88]

Buying a house? Not gonna happen, I am 35 yo and lost hope. Went to college, got a nursing degree. Fucked up world.

[@83dsvhtubb]

The problem is housing inventory. The government makes it difficult to build more homes. Fewer homes means increased property tax. The system is broken

[@bobwoods1302]

Still peanuts compared to the eighties 21% mortgages

[@chainsawdodge834]

Houses didn't cost $400,000 back then though even when adjusted for inflation.

[@bobwoods1302]

@@chainsawdodge834 Sure they did. At least in major cities. Maybe not out in the sticks

[@dthrust9037]

@@bobwoods1302no they didn’t in the 80s you could make 45,000 and be middle class name me a place where that’s a thing now?

[@bobwoods1302]

@@dthrust9037 $45 000 USD in the 80's would be more than middle class. The 80's had soaring crime rates, double digit inflation and mortgage rates around 20%.

[@dthrust9037]

@@bobwoods1302 you also have to understand that inflation today is counted different than how inflation was calculated during Reagan and jimmy carter era. During the 80s inflation included energy,food,and housing market. If core inflation included energy and even just rent inflation would be at least 15% since 2021 alone(2022 reached a high of 12% inflation without food and gas prices being included)

[@Dieselpwr]

The problem is the price of the home not the interest rate

[@Lazerbadger2]

No way, it’s both. My friends pay a lot more because their rate is so high

[@Dieselpwr]

@@Lazerbadger2 if you overpay for a home that’s on that person period. Regardless of the reason And when it crashes and it will I will not feel sorry for anyone and I don’t believe they should receive any kind of help especially from taxpayers that are not willing to overpay

[@tomjerf]

This price is the problem

[@007SuperSoldier]

The FED thinks higher interest rates slows inflation by making loans more expensive. But, higher interest rates also inject free money into the system through interest income on securities. Not once has any "expert" on one of these shows presented data to prove that it leans one way or the other.

[@Hot_Stank653]

I can't wait for the FED to lower rates because I can't buy a home at 7% but 6.5% is totally fine :O

[@JohnSmith-xu7ev]

Still too high, drop to 4%, the feds making the banks rich

[@jimmyt5241]

We should lower rates to two and one percent to help our younger generation get their first homes wouldn’t that be a very caring thing to do for our hard-working Americans

[@AI_Taylor]

I’m glad I already got a house paid off

[@dr9gonkid20]

Well stop it

[@TomZart]

AMERICAN’S HOUSING & CURRENT STRESS = 2024 $$$ We're a nation of frazzled families With little time for personal affection. As the treadmills of tension keep us hostage We're losing our perspective of direction. Racing to get the kids off to school, Navigating the madness of bottleneck traffic. Fearful of our own job-loss and income, While the newscasts get more hopeless and graphic. Helping our children with their homework Scrambling to prepare their dinner. Having family spats with loved ones And being told on Sunday, we're a sinner. Worrying about crime, taxes, housing and terrorism Infectious disease and paying next month’s bills. Saving for college and our own retirement It's no wonder we drink, smoke, pray and pop pills. By Tom Zart!

[@Gargoyle3438]

Keep pretending prices haven't risen on everything every single year (the only way this system can work) just as they have been for the last few hundred years and complain about the cost of things (that can only rise) which is exactly how it works.

[@user-mn3ez2kl3v]

Those 2021 rates if you could have snatched a home that year. Private Equities been taking them all.

[@jesse_-]

I bought my home in 2021 and got 2.25% for 30 years.

[@CourtneyDines]

Bet you it's not that much for migrants

[@ronlokk]

Why is housing always the FEDs whipping boy?

[@LivingWithGout]

The tsunami of U.S. treasuries and agency debts.

[@jamesvincent414]

Bidenomics is working 😂

[@MoneyMan28]

One child policy

[@JohnSmith-xu7ev]

No comment that this happened during Bidens watch?

[@Dieselpwr]

Grab the marshmallows

[@xavierbelen5493]

Inflation >corporational greed if u payed 5 $ during covid why would i sell it to you for 3 now lol when we can work n have jobs lol

[@hana_moon]

don't worry people will still buy them

[@oshynclair7592]

Not I

[@shellywhite2145]

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[@shellywhite2145]

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[@cheldosarmiento2733]

April 2021 the rates were not 2.98 😂. When covid hit it went through the roof

[@edmundoescobar6132]

Bought mine at 3% in 2021….

[@asmodeus8848]

Vote biden Find out

[@jesse_-]

FJB

[@casey896]

Make the middle class homeless, increase inflation, increase cost of living, decrease the quality of life, yep! I’ll be voting for sleepy joe for sure. He’s done a great job as prez…

[@Grandcathedral]

He is 🦆 ing all of us

[@danielszymanski-jw5kq]

😂😂😂😂😂 no more wars

[@universalservicetechust3578]

Bidenomics

[@jose09841]

My interest rate is 7% and I am comfortable with my payment, I don't expect rates to drop and have accepted the fact that we will NEVER again see 2% or 3% rates! Get used to the new normal of 7-8% rates.

[@pberPSR]

there is always boom and bust

[@jesse_-]

If I had to buy my house at 7%, I could t afford the payment. My payment would be $1900 more per month than I pay now. I would t be able to save much money.

[@poppystars9005]

That means you purchased recently, so you got hosed on the price and have the highest rate in 15 years. Cheers mate you are the worst financial wizard on KZbin.

[@jose09841]

@@poppystars9005 Well If I can afford 7% with no problems I am much better financially than most people plus my house has already gone up in value 50k in the past year!! So I have achieved the American Dream of owning a very nice home!

[@JaneTheDoe-id2vx]

@@poppystars9005people need a place to live either way, blowing the money away on rent doesn’t seem appealing

[@danielszymanski-jw5kq]

Lmao interest rates in 1980 was 12 percent

[@AlexR_44]

Ok. But gas was cheaper than water is now. Houses were affordable, nay, CHEAP! No Internet meant you weren't competing against nearly as many people for a job. Companies still did pensions and retirement plans. Many things were still made in the US and if you bought something, you didn't have to buy it again in 5 years. (Appliances, clothes, and more) Driving with an open container was still ok in most states. Cars were cheap too, and maintaining or fixing one was something you could do at home without buying thousands of $$ worth of scan tools. You could buy your house from a catalog and build it yourself. People today can't even get decent quality lumber. Oh yeah, healthcare was WAY more affordable then. I'm sure there's more. But, hey, you just sit there and L your A O while judging people who don't think some sticks and wires on dirt you have to pay taxes on forever, should be worth their entire working time of their life.

[@danielszymanski-jw5kq]

@AlexR_44 🤣🤣🤣🤣 lmfao 🤣 minimum wage was 3.10 ! Every thing is comparable! Lmfao oh well have it so bad ! Lmao life is never easy! Make yourself worth more and you'll have bo problem

[@AlexR_44]

@@danielszymanski-jw5kq Dude, I'm worth plenty, but I have empathy. Nobody asked what the minimum wage was, I don't know why you think that's relevant. Every "thing" is not comparable, that is the point. Ugh. I'm done with trying to open your eyes, I didn't realize how closed they are.

[@Pilotpailie]

Bidenomics…

[@MDK2_Radio]

Fixing Trump’s mess is costly.

[@Pilotpailie]

@@MDK2_Radio Blaming it on the other guy stopped being believable two years ago.

[@BenDover-ed4rm]

It's Bidenomics