• zxqwas@lemmy.world
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    Any recession can cause a downward pressure on house prices at the same time as difficulties paying for a mortgage. You may not be able to sell the home for enough to pay off the mortgage when you get into trouble.

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        14 hours ago

        In my life I’ve had two times when they went down along with unemployment going up.

        The 2008 crash and a local crash due to the biggest employer in town being on the verge of bankruptcy in the 1990s.

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      Yeah, that idea is very 2007. The 08 crash was a great time to buy a house if you still had a job because a lot of foreclosed houses were for sale for way less than they’d been bought for by their previous owners.