My wife and I are really counting our blessings for buying when we did as now so many people can no longer afford a home.

Not too long ago it feels like you could pick up quite a few different houses for around the $150,000 mark. I remember when we were looking you could get a new house for $179,000 in Riverside Gardens, now that same house is almost $400,000. That’s in only five years…

It is so hard now for young people to purchase a home. I was living in T’ville when houses were affordable. I was young so i didn’t buy early i didn’t think prices tripled in a few years. I had no idea that investors (mean rich people) could ruin the market for hard working young people starting out in their lives. I went to JCU and did a chemistry degree, so i had to rent. I thought that when i finish i will be able to buy my own home and not have to deal with real estate agents anymore. I was so wrong because now i cant afford a house. Prices bascically tripled, so I was better off buying before i did my degree. I’m very hurt because i will never a home, even though i am now classed as a professional chemist, its not fair why did these investors have to ruin life for people that simply want a roof over there heads.