Comments on: How Much House Can You Afford? http://www.moneycrashers.com/how-much-house-can-you-afford/ Personal Finance Blog, Your Guide to Financial Fitness Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Machttp://www.moneycrashers.com/how-much-house-can-you-afford/#comment-10425 Mac Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:13:57 +0000 http://moneycrashers.com/?p=94#comment-10425 Well said...do not rush into buying a home. I did that with my current home (7 years ago) and have regretted it since the first month in. And of course I waited to late to put it on the market, so we're not getting a lot of interest in this buyer's market. Don't even want to think about how much money I will lose on this place...just hope I'm able to pay off the mortgage after closing! :( Well said…do not rush into buying a home. I did that with my current home (7 years ago) and have regretted it since the first month in. And of course I waited to late to put it on the market, so we’re not getting a lot of interest in this buyer’s market. Don’t even want to think about how much money I will lose on this place…just hope I’m able to pay off the mortgage after closing! :(

]]> By: Steve Leunghttp://www.moneycrashers.com/how-much-house-can-you-afford/#comment-1921 Steve Leung Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:35:52 +0000 http://moneycrashers.com/?p=94#comment-1921 Agreed, the American Dream isn't about buying a house just to have it, it's about the lifestyle improvement you're supposed to see. If you're in debt out of your eyeballs because of too big of a mortgage, that's just not going to happen! I have a few articles posted on my web site that relate to this, but I think the most important one is "When Not to Buy a House" http://www.1siliconvalley.com/when-not-to-buy-a-house/ Agreed, the American Dream isn’t about buying a house just to have it, it’s about the lifestyle improvement you’re supposed to see. If you’re in debt out of your eyeballs because of too big of a mortgage, that’s just not going to happen! I have a few articles posted on my web site that relate to this, but I think the most important one is “When Not to Buy a House”

http://www.1siliconvalley.com/when-not-to-buy-a-house/

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