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[–] mrregina@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Yeah saving the money to buy a house is terrible.

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[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago (31 children)

The deposit is not to prove you can make the repayments.

Housing markets do, occasionally, go backwards in value.

If you have a loan for a house which is more than the value of the house you would have an incentive to just stop paying.

Thats why the bank needs a buffer, in the form of a deposit. Its not really nefarious.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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The problem here is inability to read between the lines. The [bank?]'s message is pretty clear: "Stop polluting my sight, you filthy poor."

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I know a lot of you are urbanites, but for anyone who isn't, check out the USDA 502 direct loan program

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[–] Tall_Chilchuck@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I've never paid a mortgage, but £500 seems pretty low. Do mortgage payments tend to be that much cheaper than rent prices?

[–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago

Anecdotally I pay over 200% the cost of my father's mortgage to rent a home in a lower cost of living area.

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[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

An ancient conundrum; you think anyone’s mortgage payment is £500, in any country? Ha!

My actual mortgage payment is probably just under $500. Taxes and insurance just put it at about $1000. I bought a nearly crack den quality fixer upper about 6 years ago in a moderately low COL area. In the truely low COL areas I imagine you might still be able to manage the same pricing today. It's probably doable, just not anywhere most people want to live or with a house that doesn't have a bunch of issues.

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[–] sirico@feddit.uk 7 points 2 days ago (10 children)

They did this before it worked out really well around 2008

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (9 children)

"Landlords" are probably one of the oldest grifts in the book.

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[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Not buy a house, inherit a house from our boomer parents.

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