GiddyGap@lemm.ee to News@lemmy.world · 2 days agoOwning a home has rarely been this much more expensive than rentingfinance.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square153fedilinkarrow-up1331arrow-down17
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minus-squareTodd Bonzalez@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·12 hours agoNo. Having mortgage dues doesn’t make one not a homeowner.
minus-squareLuca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·55 minutes agoFor me, my apartments was proprietary of the bank till i managed to full repay the loan.
minus-squareArchRecord@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoBut having a mortgage does put you on the path to becoming one. Have a mortgage you pay for long enough, and you’ll end up with ever decreasing payments, then no mortgage, and a house. Have rent you pay for long enough, and you’ll have ever increasing payments, and never own a cent of the property when you quit.
No. Having mortgage dues doesn’t make one not a homeowner.
For me, my apartments was proprietary of the bank till i managed to full repay the loan.
But having a mortgage does put you on the path to becoming one.
Have a mortgage you pay for long enough, and you’ll end up with ever decreasing payments, then no mortgage, and a house.
Have rent you pay for long enough, and you’ll have ever increasing payments, and never own a cent of the property when you quit.