• Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    In 1988 my family home in the UK was 33k. We sold in 2011 for 185k. My house in 2014 cost 118k and is now worth 195k.

    So, it’s not that stupid.

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      5 days ago

      So the 1988 home sold for about 6 times its purchase price and and the 2014 house is 1.65 times its purchase price. Both of those are way less than the 25x that the image claims.

      • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world
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        5 days ago

        But the graphic is stating from 1971 so 18 years before the 1988 house. In 1971 the average house price in the uk was about 5k.

        You are the one conflating here.