• @Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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      1410 months ago

      You literally beat me to this reply by like 4 minutes haha. Banks were giving variable mortgages to people who could barely afford current rates, they don’t give a shit.

      • @shortwavesurfer@monero.town
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        710 months ago

        I would never ever take an adjustable rate mortgage. That is just begging to get fucked. Like right now for example. My mortgage is like 4.2% but if it were an adjustable id be at like 6+% and be out of a house.

        • @krische@lemmy.world
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          310 months ago

          Or when the housing market is booming, they’ll repossess the house and sell it again for even more of a profit.

          • @Brandon658@lemmy.world
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            110 months ago

            Probably make as much use of the scam mortgage insurance that they can too. I forget what it’s actually called but it’s a scam IMO. $100 a month baked into my escrow for insurance to the lender in case I lost the house. To my knowledge it provides me no benefit.

            Upside is when I refinanced it was taken off. (Think the whole first time home owner program requires it for the initial loan.)