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Old 07-11-2014, 08:11 PM
Stardrifter_WA
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Originally Posted by rat156 View Post

Interest rates were 18.5%!!!!!!


Cheers
Stuart
Oh, I remember those days too. My interest rates hit 17% at their peak.

Although I owned the land outright (paid $10,000) I only had to borrow $21,000 to build the house. However, as much as I had to struggle to pay the mortgage, in those days, it was only a low mortgage, relative to today's mortgages.

Just imagine if interest rates hit 17% on the amount that you have to borrow today?

Cheers Peter
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