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[–] Shindo66@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Im hugely in debt, but my house has like 250k in equity. Buying this house was the best thing I ever lucked into doing.

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

That's the funny thing. You could have a huge house debt with massive repayments, but your net worth is based on the value of the house and what you still owe. Your disposable income is comparable to a homeless person.

I felt dirt poor right up until my last payment.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah, I'm not American, and the Dutch housing market has been insane the last... 20 years or so. I did the maths a while ago, and my house has gone up in value about 60 euros every single day.

[–] hubobes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 15 hours ago

Yeah my parents house went from 800k (ehen they built it) to nearly 5 million in 20 years here in Switzerland. Absolutely bonkers. That's like 500 swiss francs per day.

[–] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 3 points 18 hours ago

Dutch as well. Never thought about it like that... Mine has probably gone up 47 euros a day...