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22. I disagree. The whole housing market is increasingly predatory in recent years.

Sun Nov 9, 2025, 12:21 PM

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You can't disregard the relatively meager rise in wages over the past 50 years compared to the rise of home costs, especially especially home cost rise in the past 20-25 years. The home price to income ratio has grown significantly over the past 50 years, and dramatically in the last 20-25 years. Many people are spending 35-40% of their income on mortgage these days.

Maybe predatory is a harsh term, but it fits our current economic system here in the US imo. And housing is a huge part -- in fact the largest -- of that system for most people. Government has a role in managing for affordable housing costs that benefit society at large, and there are means to do that, albeit means that are not favored by Republicans and many if not most centrist Dems.

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Their goal is to prevent you from owning anything. They can own it all, and you RockRaven Sunday #1

That is almost serfdom DBoon Sunday #31

Gee, that will shut up all those "affordability" whiners! pat_k Sunday #2

What next, interest payments only mortgages?? nt Disaffected Sunday #3

Interest-only mortgages were a fixture of predatory lending. pat_k Sunday #6

We got stuck in one of those. Took a long time to get out of it because the bubble burst. But we made it out. C Moon Sunday #14

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Could be worse - could be a negative amoritzation loan . . . hatrack Sunday #35

So basically, from Cradle 2 the Grave Coldwater Sunday #4

Almost nobody will ever be able to pay off their mortgage. Ocelot II Sunday #5

Also if you can't pay it off before you die (and most won't) then your estate/heirs RockRaven Sunday #10

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Maybe so, but it's a patch that doesn't really help people. Morbius Sunday #9

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It's still rather predatory. There are other means to make home ownership KPN Sunday #12

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It is medieval serf living except the serfs, not the would be paying the taxes delisen Sunday #16

A 50 year loan is predatory. Bengus81 Sunday #17

I disagree. The whole housing market is increasingly predatory in recent years. KPN Sunday #22

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You will pay for your whole life time dweller Sunday #8

I'll take the 15 year one. That's all I ever held on any of my sinkingfeeling Sunday #15

We did that too Bettie Sunday #20

Us as well Mossfern Sunday #26

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And is the debt passed on to the next generation? milestogo Sunday #18

If it's unpaid, the lender holds the title to the home. So in that sense, no. But from the standpoint of leaving KPN Sunday #23

One of the housing issues is that seniors are remaining in their homes allegorical oracle Sunday #19

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If it is done when someone is 30, they will be paying on it until they are 80 UpInArms Sunday #28

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I have been a lifelong renter BeerBarrelPolka Sunday #34

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