So, I am not a hyper saver like a lot of folks on here but I am conscious about the future. My husband and I both work highish paying jobs that I imagine us staying in/moving up at for the foreseeable future. We max our 401ks and invest another 20-30k a year in index funds and have a 90k emergency fund. We have about 200k ish of liquid capital available and live in San Francisco. As housing prices begin to drop, I am wondering pushing to save more and invest less to buy a house (at least $1m)…

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If you love living in the city and plan to stay there then you should buy.

Consider your principal payment each month as a levered investment in housing that probably appreciates 3-5% per year unlevered, and consider your taxes/insurance/maintenance/interest as a rent equivalent. I would compare that second bucket of costs to rent, and if it’s equal or less than rent then it def makes sense to buy.

Also, investments are liquid (except 401ks)

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Risk wise, continuing to rent is leaving yourself exposed to price increases in rent (and housing) over time, so you’re not protected.* You are not hedged. Buying a house means that if prices continue rising or accelerate, then you are unaffected because your home equity will increase proportionally.


*id argue that there’s a chance societally we will continue to see wealth gaps grow, to the point that home ownership may get out of reach of almost all non existent asset owners. Basically, it will be unattainable to grow wealth from scratch. Essentially Karl Marx’s prediction of how capitalism ends coming to fruition.

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We love our apartment, and find it to be a good deal. Most mortgages for comparable houses would likely still be more. In some ways we just sort of planned to rent indefinitely and just plan for that in our retirement plan as we really love being in the city. I’m just wondering how others thought about this.

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