All those people have to live somewhere. Or there will be a massive increase in homelessness.
With a flood of houses on the market, they will snapped up by… people with a good cash flow… like… corporations. Who will then turn around and rent them out to you and me and all those people forced out of their homes… at whatever rental rate they desire… while raking in the cash.
I assume you can’t afford a house now and couldn’t afford a house when rates were as low as 1%. Even if a house is foreclosed on and dramatically drops in price, do you think you will actually be able to pony up and pay a downpayment and manage a mortgage rate at say… 8 percent? I seriously doubt it. A $1.8 million home (at today’s valuation) isn’t going to pop onto the market at $150,000 in 2 years when the renewal hits.
The reality is that the banks will do whatever they can to keep people in their houses. I checked my bank today to estimate what my mortgage renewal will look like when it comes up and they are offering mortgage terms up to 59 years. I can afford my renewal even at the new rate because I bought a bit over at 1/3rd of what they approved me for… I knew rates would go up, and I knew what I could afford at more typical rates. I’d rather pay the lower rates of course… but…
Why not? Genuine question. If a bunch of people go under and their houses hit the market, supply increases, homes get cheaper.
All those people have to live somewhere. Or there will be a massive increase in homelessness.
With a flood of houses on the market, they will snapped up by… people with a good cash flow… like… corporations. Who will then turn around and rent them out to you and me and all those people forced out of their homes… at whatever rental rate they desire… while raking in the cash.
I assume you can’t afford a house now and couldn’t afford a house when rates were as low as 1%. Even if a house is foreclosed on and dramatically drops in price, do you think you will actually be able to pony up and pay a downpayment and manage a mortgage rate at say… 8 percent? I seriously doubt it. A $1.8 million home (at today’s valuation) isn’t going to pop onto the market at $150,000 in 2 years when the renewal hits.
The reality is that the banks will do whatever they can to keep people in their houses. I checked my bank today to estimate what my mortgage renewal will look like when it comes up and they are offering mortgage terms up to 59 years. I can afford my renewal even at the new rate because I bought a bit over at 1/3rd of what they approved me for… I knew rates would go up, and I knew what I could afford at more typical rates. I’d rather pay the lower rates of course… but…