My salary didn’t change at all, but homes went up 82%. The money I saved for a down payment and my salary no longer are good enough for this home and many others. This ain’t even a “good” home either. It was a 200k meh average ok home before. Now it’s simply unaffordable

  • No_Eponym@lemmy.caEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    Is a timber frame house from back then the same as one built post 1950 though? Some Q’s:

    • Have materials/practices decreased in quality?
    • Has there been a shift from a sense of pride in craft and duty to build well towards cutting corners and saving $?
    • Has the density and properties of wood changed as we use smaller trees grown more quickly in monocultures compared to old-growth harvested lumber of pre 1900s?