Re:How housing became the world’s biggest asset class
by pc86 on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @01:47PM
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"No rent no mortgage" absolutely exists - just because most people don't take advantage of it (or are structurally excluded from it because they live somewhere with insane housing costs) doesn't mean it doesn't exist. The only bill you have to pay to keep your house is property taxes, which if you are in an area where you can buy a home in cash, probably means they're less than a car payment or even cell phone.
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Re:How housing became the world’s biggest asset class
by chii on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @10:51PM
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you forget the capital costs (aka, opportunity cost) in your home.
If you paid cash for a house, you're losing the risk free rate of a treasury bond (or the rental rate). That's a cost most people don't count, but only because they dont know how to do financial valuations properly.