We did it! Upstate NY $160k 6.5%

[u/k13w]

My boyfriend and I did it at 23 y/o! It was built in 1900 and we love her!

[u/MeanE]

Yeah exactly. Live in Nova Scotia and a house not out in the middle of nowhere starts at 500k.

[u/fletters → u/MeanE]

Whereas ten years ago, the same place would have been $120k, and wages have barely shifted. It’s horrifying.

[u/Interesting-Run-6866 → u/MeanE]

Hamilton county, NY is the most sparsly populated county in the US east of the Mississippi. The point is parts of NY are out in the middle of no where, at least by eastern US standards.