https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:47:34 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-797096 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:56:11 +0000 MediaNaranja 797096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We haven't bought yet, but it will be a few years still. I'm 28 and DH is 32. We have been pretty transient for most of our 20s, never staying anywhere for more than 2 years. In my 20s I've lived in California, Utah, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Indiana! Now that I've finished grad school, we'll be settling in a permanent location just as soon as I find a job :). It will take us a while to save for a down payment since I have lots of student debt hanging over our head.</p> <p>We may very well purchase a home in Ecuador before purchasing one in the states. In the city we'd like to live in (someday, haha), nice homes in nice neighborhoods are only $85,000 or so. Ecuador FTW!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-797032 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:24:08 +0000 Mrs. Chocolate 797032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wasnt sure how to answer. We bought our first home, a condo, when I was 24 and DH was 25 but we bought our first house (4 bedroom yard garage etc) this past Dec so we were both 31. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796862 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:42:53 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 796862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>dh bought our house when he was 22. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796775 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:40:41 +0000 Springtime 796775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 23, just last year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796770 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:37:47 +0000 Mommy Finger 796770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought my condo on my own at 25. We'll be buying our actual house this year. We're both 33. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796725 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:03:57 +0000 skibobrown 796725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We'll buy this coming year. I'll be 32 and DH will be 36 or 37. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796722 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:01:18 +0000 pl0508 796722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>26- both of us ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796711 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:55:10 +0000 Running Elley 796711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband bought the house we lived in before this one when he was 23. We bought this house together when I was 22 and he was 26. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796708 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:53:47 +0000 rachiecakes 796708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>24<br /> we bought a home and sold it 6 years later. we would love to live where we're renting now but it's so expensive. we'll probably have to wait awhile (and that's with us still holding onto our investment on our last house, lol). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796698 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:50:26 +0000 Smurfette 796698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 4 days from turning 34, DH was 35. But he bought the condo when he was 28 by himself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796690 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:47:32 +0000 PurplePumps 796690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 30 when I bought my first house with my then fiance. I live in the Boston area so cost was a huge factor, not only just saving a decent down payment, but haven't a good amount of savings on top of that for emergency fund comfort level. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796658 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:22:13 +0000 meredithNYC 796658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 31 and my husband is 34 and we still don't own. Another case of the prohibitive cost of New York area real estate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796577 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:42:26 +0000 yerpie110 796577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were both 26 when we purchased our first home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796575 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:41:10 +0000 cascademom 796575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 29 when we bought our condo, a month after our wedding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796562 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:32:48 +0000 Raindrop 796562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: I'm not a NYC person, I'm in the SF bay area (California) which is slightly more affordable from what is said here from the NYC peeps out there. :)</p> <p>Like a few people in NYC said we make way too much money for those types of loans. It's a tough place to be... we make way too much money to get those types of loans meaning we are not poor enough but we don't make enough to actually afford what we want. like mrsjazz said we could probably pay cash for a huge house anywhere else in the nation. : ) But it's where we choose to live so can't really whine too much. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796558 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:32:17 +0000 Mrs. Pen 796558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@honeybear: well like I said, we aren't looking to buy for awhile so even if we move to the city, it would be renting for sure! But honestly we live in a crappy area with high rent (for the area). So we wouldn't have to spend much more for an apartment/condo in the city! I know so many people say they save $$ by living rurally but we don't really. And I don't like it and neither does DH so what money we might be saving isn't worth it :-P<br /> But everyone is different in what they like! DH and I are city people :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796531 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:12:16 +0000 Honeybee 796531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 20 and DH was 19 when we bought our first condo. Now that house is a rental property, we sold our second home purchase and just bought our third home. I'm ready to be in the same place for a while! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796522 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:07:50 +0000 jhd 796522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 30 &amp; hubs is 31. We are renting &amp; saving, saving, saving for our first house. I definitely get tired of our tiny, undecorated apartment, but I think the sacrifice will be worth it in the end. We hope to buy sometime in the next year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796496 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:59:39 +0000 Boogs 796496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were 25 &amp; 26. It took us a while to find a house like we were looking for. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796459 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:32:40 +0000 birdofafeather 796459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we're 29 and 27 and we haven't purchased a house. maybe by the time DH is 30. we still don't know where we're going to be, so buying seems silly at this point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796298 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:37:12 +0000 StbHisMrs 796298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was in 2005 and I was 22, I loved that house and really really miss owning my own home. It's a long story but my name was "taken" off the mortgage, and then during our divorce my ex quit making the payments so it worked out in my favor! </p> <p>My husband and I are waiting until later this year to see if we'll be needing to relocate with his job then we'll start really looking. Real estate has always been a passion of mine so I'm always perusing the mls listings! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796261 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:19:31 +0000 Mrsbells 796261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we havent bought a house yet. we are aiming for sometime within the next 2-3 years </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796197 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:46:54 +0000 honeybear 796197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: We aren't in a rural area. More of a small city/suburb. I grew up in the type of house you describe. My parents spent a lot of their working lives just getting to work, and we were in a fairly close-in suburb. Commuting in most larger U.S. cities stinks, whether by car or mass transit. When we were big city dwellers, DH and I always lived almost right next to our jobs so that we could avoid that, and we were generally fairly happy about where we lived. We liked being close to nice restaurants, museums, and theatres, and we went to them often because they were basically next door (and we paid for that convenience, in rent and in space). But my friends and family in the 'burbs? They almost never went, except when people visited, because it was such a pain to get there and they'd already spent hours and hours during the week on the road/rail. </p> <p>Now that we live in a smaller city/'burb, we have 2x as much space for 1/2 the rent and we're super close to a bunch of things we like and need to do (also, the things we like to do have changed a bit, so the attraction of three theatres within a 2-blocks radius isn't quite as compelling as it was before). I would definitely recommend renting in a new city before you commit to buying there. It could save you a lot of money! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796170 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:35:27 +0000 Alivoo01 796170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 22, and the hubby was 25. We were dating, but knew we would get married one day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796082 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:06:46 +0000 plantains 796082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjazz: DH is a teacher too, the whole system is a mess. Now in our neighbourhood they are building 'affordable' rental for 'low to mid' income families. 2 bedrooms starting at $3200 per month, yup, super affordable! Ugh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796076 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:03:43 +0000 lomom 796076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 18, DH was 28. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796069 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:01:33 +0000 mrsjazz 796069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: Please don't get me started on that! I'm married to a teacher who makes more money than I do and yet we make too much money for the low to mid bracket. Jokers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796059 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:59:09 +0000 plantains 796059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjazz: I find the 'low to mid' income classification in New York to be such a joke. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796026 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:51:33 +0000 BSB 796026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: my former boss lives in Boston and I told him that I'm ready to start looking for a job on the east coast and he seemed very hopeful that I could find a job in Boston. </p> <p>As much as I would love to be near my boss, I'm afraid the money we have saved up won't be enough in the Boston area.</p> <p>Do you know if there is a fairly good suburb of Boston with houses in the 200-300k range? Or am I kidding myself here? I know I won't be able to afford anything in the city. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-bought-your-first-house-2/page/2#post-796025 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:51:25 +0000 ShootingStar 796025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought my house by myself at 32. In my 20s there was no way I made enough money to afford it. But my biggest advice about buying a house is make sure you want to stay there at least 5 years. I bought my house thinking I'd be single forever, which didn't happen, haha! And now the house feels way too small. But it hasn't gained very much in equity, so we have to wait until we have enough to at least break even (including the realtor commission). </p>