• @blindsight@beehaw.org
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    81 year ago

    Very well explained.

    Anyone who’s on a variable rate mortgage and hasn’t increased their monthly payments significantly is going to be in a lot of trouble when they go to renew.

    This might actually lead to housing prices dropping significantly.

    • @Auli@lemmy.ca
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      61 year ago

      No they’ll stop that at all costs. He has already said we can’t do that.

      • @blindsight@beehaw.org
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        11 year ago

        I mean, they can try, but market forces are outside their control.

        I don’t think the US wanted to have their housing market collapse in 2008 (?), but it happened nonetheless.

        It would suck, psychologically, to “lose” 30% of my house’s value in a downturn, but it would be better for the economy if that happens. And, really, now that I’m a homeowner, all that really matters is the difference in house values when I go to sell/buy. So a downturn might actually be “good” for me, since the differential between this first and a “better” house would be smaller.

        Right now, boomers are selling in hot markets to find lavish retirement, transferring wealth from the younger generation to older on massive volumes.

        • @lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca
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          21 year ago

          It would suck, psychologically, to “lose” 30% of my house’s value

          I won’t mind paying less in property tax and insurance costs.

    • Victor Villas
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      1 year ago

      This might actually lead to housing prices dropping significantly.

      This has been scarcely fulfilled promise so far, looks like this prediction has been a bit overestimated. I would very much welcome it but wouldn’t bet on it.