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Wondering whats the average age people bought their first house.

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  • 02-02-2020 9:17pm
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    Fccwontletmebe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 75 ✭✭


    I should be able to do when I'm 34 as currently saving but want to have double saved of what I need as a deposit.


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    c.p.w.g.w
    Registered Users Posts: 4,994 ✭✭✭c.p.w.g.w


    29 years old


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    theguzman
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭theguzman


    31 and without a mortgage


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    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users Posts: 13,807 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    26, and second worst decision of my life.


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    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users Posts: 16,072 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    26 , but that was in 1980


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    masterboy123
    Registered Users Posts: 5,716 ✭✭✭masterboy123


    31 and on mortgage for 20 years.


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    Fccwontletmebe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 75 ✭✭Fccwontletmebe


    Potential-Monke wrote: »
    26, and second worst decision of my life.

    Why?


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    27 and lived like a pauper for many years after.


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    alchemist33
    Registered Users Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    30, the day before we got married


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    mojesius
    Registered Users Posts: 4,322 ✭✭✭mojesius


    Will be buying my own house later this year, 36 and like you OP, have large deposit saved. Very excited


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    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    32, bought in 04. Two years later switched to a tracker. I've made some stupid decisions in my life. The tracker cancelled out alot of those. 5 years left.


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    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users Posts: 13,807 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    Fccwontletmebe wrote: »
    Why?

    It led into a downward spiral of debt, and even now without the house I'm still paying for it. It has turned me against mortgages and made me realise that the economy wanted me to get a house so it could tie me down for the foreseeable.


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    Nika Bolokov
    Registered Users Posts: 651 ✭✭✭Nika Bolokov


    Fccwontletmebe wrote: »
    Why?

    He got married after


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    [Deleted User]
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    30, and the OH was 39. We had roughly the same savings. We've been able to pay a large lump sum off since, and at this rate we'll be mortgage free when I'm 43/44. The sense of security it gives you is priceless.


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    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users Posts: 15,381 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    24 in 2003. No regrets.


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    lawred2
    Registered Users Posts: 24,270 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    33


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    ZX7R
    Registered Users Posts: 3,426 ✭✭✭ZX7R


    27 single man at the time.


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    Salary Negotiator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,148 ✭✭✭Salary Negotiator


    34 in 2018.

    Was considering buying in 2007-2008 when I was 24, worked in a bank and could’ve got a large mortgage easily enough. Decided against it, thank ****.


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    [Deleted User]
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    26 but it was an investment. Bought, renovated, and sold again within a year. Made a reasonably okay(ish) profit, which went for my deposit on the next.

    27 Bought the next house which was the one I intended on living in. Banking crash and recession hit not long after.


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    rustynutz
    Registered Users Posts: 788 ✭✭✭rustynutz


    24


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    harr
    Registered Users Posts: 4,478 ✭✭✭harr


    24 ...wasn’t easy to get a mortgage and had to have a guarantor. It was before the Celtic Tiger and house prices were just ok.


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    Roger Mellie Man on the Telly
    Registered Users Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭Roger Mellie Man on the Telly


    42


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    weemcd
    Registered Users Posts: 6,412 ✭✭✭weemcd


    Looking to buy this year, I'm 31, 32 in June. I live in Belfast, where house prices are very cheap compared to Dublin.


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    heroics
    Registered Users Posts: 1,878 ✭✭✭heroics


    27 bought an apartment.


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    bfa1509
    Registered Users Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭bfa1509


    Potential-Monke wrote: »
    26, and second worst decision of my life.
    Fccwontletmebe wrote: »
    Why?

    Who cares why! I want to know what the first worst decision was!!


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    Grueller
    Registered Users Posts: 5,100 ✭✭✭Grueller


    24. Mortgage cleared at 37, wife was 38.


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    eviltwin
    Registered Users Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    25 and 26


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    10pennymixup
    Registered Users Posts: 516 ✭✭✭10pennymixup


    19..............went halves with my parents on a student property when in college.


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    morebarn
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭morebarn


    I was 21. Boyfriend was 22.
    That was in 1972.


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    Lisha
    Registered Users Posts: 8,693 ✭✭✭Lisha


    23 (with boyfriend) in 2000.... but we won’t be mortgage free until 2028ish as we knocked and rebuilt house in 2007. Old house was very small and couldn’t be added on to and the location was perfect for us. Delighted with what we have now.


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    deisemum
    Registered Users Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭deisemum


    24 in London just before the UK recession of the late 80's/early 90's, sold it 10 years later at a loss.

    2 years earlier I bought our current house the week before my 33rd birthday and before the prices shot up.

    For 6 months we were paying our mortgage in London and renting here, then paying 2 mortgages for nearly 2 years. Mortgage free since 2009.


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