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Originally Posted by MarchHare
According to whom?
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Well, according to the reality of how it would be if you had to save 20% down payment to qualify for a mortgage.
There's trade-offs for both paths - we've gone the path of easy credit for more than two decades, and while there are more home-owners than ever before, there are also higher levels of personal debt than ever before.
While we didn't take nearly the hit that the USA did five years ago, there are consequences to housing bubbles and overextended credit that can be much worse for someone personally than having to rent instead of buy for 5-10 years. That the current way things work is great for you, doesn't mean it's great for everyone or for society as a whole.