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I was. I was making 100k AUD, able to support another through University and easily pay my relatively small mortgage.

With interest rates gone up, I’m paying 50% more for the mortgage, and bigger increase than that on food, gas, electricity, rates and hot water. We are on the edge of comfortable, though our budget still has a little fat we can trim. I don’t like the effective pay decrease I’ve had this last while, so no; I would be happy going back to two years ago levels of comfort.

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Wait, your interest rate on your mortgage changed after you signed it? That’s whack

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Yeah, in Australia we don’t have fixed rate mortgages for more than a few years.

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