GiddyGap@lemm.ee to News@lemmy.world · 2 years agoA Huge Number of Homeowners Have Mortgage Rates Too Good to Give Upwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up10
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minus-squareKaiReeve@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI recently gave up my 3% mortgage from 2013 in exchange for a 7% mortgage. It hurts, but it was worth it to get out of Florida. In the end, my housing costs actually didn’t change that much because my home insurance rates were skyrocketing.
minus-squaredogslayeggs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years ago but it was worth it to get out of Florida. You could put almost any horrific thing in front of that phrase and it sound valid. I had to keep my arm in a tub of fire ants for 5 minutes, but it was worth it to get out of Florida.
I recently gave up my 3% mortgage from 2013 in exchange for a 7% mortgage. It hurts, but it was worth it to get out of Florida.
In the end, my housing costs actually didn’t change that much because my home insurance rates were skyrocketing.
You could put almost any horrific thing in front of that phrase and it sound valid.
I had to keep my arm in a tub of fire ants for 5 minutes, but it was worth it to get out of Florida.