• ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
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    12 days ago

    They don’t actually need regular payments for 10-30 years. They need you deposit that down payment cash ASAP so they can lease it to billionaires and crypto exchanges.

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      12 days ago

      The deposit is to cover expenses/losses that arise out of defaults. Housing loans have been lile this forever. Not everything is a conspiracy.

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        the deposit is the keep young, inexperienced and glowy-eyes people from making commitments they don’t have the stamina to handle.

        it happens a lot that 20 year olds want to buy a house with their new partner that they think they’re gonna be together with for the rest of their lives, only to have it all fall apart 5 years later. forcing to you save up a bit before actually buying the house means you go through a lot of experiences before you actually buy a house, which makes it more likely that you’ll have the far-sightedness that’s needed to actually buy a house. :)

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          That’s one thing, but there’s definitely a factor of “if there’s a market downturn AND we have to foreclose, we don’t want to lose too much”.

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      Idiocy.

      The bank doesn’t get the down payment. The person selling the house does.

      You pay that person the down payment, and the bank pays them the rest.

      Honestly there’s loads of great reasons to hate banks but lots keep it real and avoid making up nonsense.

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        Banks typically ask for you to have cash in hand (deposited), or equivalent leverage, to qualify for loans in the first place.

        The bank I used actively tried to get me to go with less down payment, and subsequently take out a larger loan.

        But yes it is the height of idiocy to say, ‘down payment deposit’ when ‘qualifying assets’ is a more accurate term for the transactions function.

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          11 days ago

          They need you deposit that down payment cash ASAP so they can lease it to billionaires and crypto exchanges.

          No, this is patently false and borne of a misunderstanding. Idiocy.

          When providing a mortgage, how does a bank get money to lease to billionaires and crypto exchanges?