AnythingToAvoidWork t1_j9l4sxh wrote on February 22, 2023 at 7:42 PM

Reply to comment by BlackJesus420 in Massholes are moving north to NH at record levels by EgonEggnog

> People are largely hostile to anyone from out of state buying homes here

I wouldn't say I'm hostile to it, but I do find it a little galling that people who have lived here their whole lives are being uprooted for transplants. I'd say people are hostile to wealth gobbling up our homes.

Don't even get me started on short-term rentals, investment properties and vacation homes.

We need to do something that allows NH natives or first time home buyers have a competing chance vs outside wealth.

I don't know what that is, unfortunately.

Lords_of_Lands t1_j9obe3z wrote on February 23, 2023 at 12:16 PM

I don't know if anything has changed, but a few years ago homes on the MLS were reserved to first time buyers for a short time before anyone else could submit offers on them.

General-Silver-4004 t1_j9vj5y9 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 9:27 PM

Yeah it sucks. It’s the same shit that happened ten years ago because jobs paid better in MA and required in person.

First time homebuyer programs aren’t going to solve the eclipse of wealth being introduced by outsiders. Things are worth what they’re worth and we live in a national / global economy.

So yeah idk the answer or the way the tide will flow or what’s “most just.”

Maybe fthb programs provide a ring on the ladder. Or maybe they set you up for a non preforming loan / poverty. But the difference is more trivial than it’s made out to be.