Tagged: mortgage

March 14, 2023

Are You Above Or Below The Area Median Income Where You Live? Why It Could Matter

Regular Accidental FIRE readers know I have super intelligent artificial intelligence bots constantly scouring the internet for cool mapping tools to help with any aspect of personal finance. And when I find a good one worth highlighting I put the...

geography and geoarbitrage

March 22, 2022

Median Home Values and Mortgage Payments In Your Area, How Much Have They Increased?

The housing market in the U.S. is on one of its hottest stretches in history. The past year and a half has brought record rates of bidding wars, strong demand, low inventory, and continual low interest rates. My house has...

finances

April 21, 2020

The Best Financial Decision I’ve Ever Made

It was September 2001 and I was living in a tiny 500 sq. ft. basement apartment of a big house in the suburbs of Washington D.C. My $40,000 a year salary placed me slightly below the median income in America,...

finances

August 24, 2018

It Might Be A Good Time To Rent

I’ve written before about the affordability gap to housing in the U.S., breaking it down by state. Well things don’t seem to be getting easier for Americans in regards to buying an affordable home. Bloomberg has reported that Americans are...