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Re:Zillow seeks to sell 7k homes for $2.8B after flipping halt by qorrect on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @01:47PM (#29084787)
Why wouldn't you just buy the house outright at that point ?
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Re:Zillow seeks to sell 7k homes for $2.8B after flipping halt by lostcolony on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @02:04PM (#29085086)
Fiscal cushion. If an emergency comes up, rather than having no money to pay for it, you instead can cover it, and just pay a little extra each month going forward until you recover.

That said, I don't think they exist in the US.

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