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Re:Home ownership is the West’s biggest economic-policy mistake by pc86 on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @08:09AM (#26873488)
That's rough, although paying it once and being done with it is certainly preferable (long term, if you have the funds) to wrapping it into the mortgage and paying 3-4x over the life of the loan.
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Re:Home ownership is the West’s biggest economic-policy mistake by rileymat2 on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @09:03AM (#26874015)
Functionally it is wrapped into the loan because without that, you would have had more down payment.
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