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wwwhistler t1_je9xqe4 wrote

yep. it sucks but perfectly normal. i paid $80,000 for mine in 1985, 30 year mortgage. after 22 years i had paid almost $120,000 when i sold it....still owed $80.000.

on a 30 year mortgage you will pay about 3 times the price. it's why they give out 30 year mortgages. not because it makes them money....because it makes them a shit ton of money.

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iamaweirdguy t1_jea43ch wrote

The hell was your interest rate

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wwwhistler t1_jea5uwh wrote

about 9%. back then it was considered low....a real deal at the time. most were going for 12 to 15%

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Individual_Row_6143 t1_jea86w6 wrote

Must have been an interest only loan.

A 30-year, 9% mortgage, after 22 years should have owed $43,937.83. You would have paid $169,936.29 total in mortgage payments.

The 9% rate is a killer. Using 3% those numbers are $28,754.95 owed and only $89,042.77 paid. That’s a savings of $96,076.40 over 22 years.

Now use home costs from today and the differences are even larger.

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