this post was submitted on 11 May 2026
285 points (96.7% liked)

Technology

84502 readers
3632 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
technopagan@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@hackingne.ws
285
Lithium deposit valued at over $1.5 trillion discovered in the U.S. (www.earth.com)
submitted 15 hours ago by sanitation@lemmy.radio to c/technology@lemmy.world
125 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Joelk111@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

They're reputable local credit unions, not predatory lenders, and 30k is more than a 5% down payment, even after closing costs.

I suppose the unknown here is income, as in my current position making 100kUSD/yr, I'd have absolutely no problem making payments on a 20 year or even a 15 year loan, even if I do end up with a house near the top of my budget, which I'd rather stay well under of course. That said, A $150k house seems like it'd be no problem for that commenter based on their savings making up a >20% down payment.