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Buying a home in the US has never been this hard
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I am ever thankful for the semi-charmed kind of life I seem to have.
Back in 2019, I was 3 years into saving for a house and planned to start shopping in 2022. An unfortunate life event caused me to have to accelerate those plans from "in 3 years" to "in 3 months".
Had to settle for a smaller house than I was originally looking for and dip deeper into my savings than anticipated, but I was able to find something nice and close on it by the end of 2019 along with a good mortgage deal.
I didn't realize how fortunate that unfortunate life event was until 2020 was in full swing. By the time 2022 rolled around (when I was originally going to buy a house), I would have been in less of a position to buy than I was in 2019, despite 3 extra years of savings.
It's the only one relevant to this post, but that's not the only unfortunate life event that turned out to be a huge blessing in disguise.