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Re:US office owners face $117B wall of debt repayments by joefife on Monday January 01, 2024 @01:24PM (#38833987)
You can get residential interest only mortgages - at least here in the UK.

I used to have one, but remortgaged to repayment ten years ago.

It's quite common to see "buy to let" mortgages as interest only rather than repayment, where the owner is concerned with cashflow rather than the asset itself.

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Re:US office owners face $117B wall of debt repayments by seanmcdirmid on Monday January 01, 2024 @01:26PM (#38834003)
The owner can also make money on appreciation still, even if they don’t ever pay down any principal.
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