Ash Wednesday Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Did any of you parents start your family before being able to save up for a down payment on a house? Just wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StColette Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Micah and I started a family first, and my siblings were the same way. My parents purchased a home before my brother was born, but they already had my eldest brother and my sister. Most couples I know have children before they purchase a home, mostly because they're younger couples and haven't yet decided where they want to permanently settle. Currently we have student loans as a factor as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcePrincessKRS Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 [quote name='Ash Wednesday' date='20 August 2009 - 10:16 PM' timestamp='1250817413' post='1953542'] Did any of you parents start your family before being able to save up for a down payment on a house? Just wondering. [/quote] Yup. We bought it a couple months before our first was born. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 +J.M.J.+ we bought ours a few months after our first born. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 My parents were already on #5 before they could afford their own home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Yep. We bought our first house the summer after HSdaughter was born. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 We were the other way, but my husband owned his house before we got married. Both our parents had children before buying a house, and that's true for most people we know as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenchild17 Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 [quote name='Ash Wednesday' date='20 August 2009 - 08:16 PM' timestamp='1250817413' post='1953542'] Did any of you parents start your family before being able to save up for a down payment on a house? Just wondering. [/quote] My parents had 3 (maybe 4) before buying their first house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zunshynn Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 My best friend and her fiance bought their house almost a year before they're going to get married, a few months after they got engaged. He lives there with a roommate until they get married. It just worked out because prices are so good right now. They're pretty sure they will be staying here though, for some time, because of his job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archaeology cat Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 We definitely can't afford to buy a house right now, but have a son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misereremi Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Just had baby number 3 when we bought a house. (btw, can't post to you profile Ashers, have an important bday message for you hun! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachael Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 My parents owned a house before they had me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Selling a few (of your own! Selling other people's children is stealing!) children will make for a nice down payment. Always get the money beforehand if dealing with gypsies, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachael Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 [quote name='Winchester' date='21 August 2009 - 12:48 PM' timestamp='1250873311' post='1953852'] Selling a few (of your own! Selling other people's children is stealing!) children will make for a nice down payment. Always get the money beforehand if dealing with gypsies, though. [/quote] Mom always told me not to marry a man like you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scardella Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 I think it depends on your situation when you're married. My wife and I had been out of school for a number of years before we got married, so after 4 months we're in the buying process between the offer and closing on the house. She's not pregnant, so we'll definitely be in a house before we have kids. We're aided, of course, by the housing market these days and the stimulus package. However, people who've married just out of college are often not yet financially able to buy a house, but they don't want to wait five years before having kids. It will make more sense for them to have a kiddo or two before being at the point of buying a house. I think it's much easier to gather a down payment and closing costs (think minimum of $7k) if you're not with little ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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