• bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    So instead of paying rent, you pay loan payments. And the bank can seize your property if you can’t pay. Sounds like six of one and a half-dozen of the other.

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      1 year ago

      You’re still thinking within the current broken system. The only reason the bank can seize everything unfairly no matter how much had been repaid is because the laws allow it.

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        1 year ago

        Even if you ignore foreclosure, mortgaging still is often more expensive than renting on average in the short term. Because part of what you’re paying for in a mortgage is the fact that it has a finite length.

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      1 year ago

      Rent keeps going up, my mortgage is the same regardless of that and I purchased based on what I could afford at that time.

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      Mortgage payments build equity and when you move you can sell the property and recoup nearly all of that. Rent is gone.

      Foreclosure is a huge issue that needs to be addressed in legislation. All that equity should still exist for the homeowner even if they stop being able to afford payments.