• Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    Holy shit. We don’t have that in Canada. I wish we did. A lot of people have lost their homes due to raising interest rates as they have to renew every 5 years or so. Real estate in Canada is so fucked up.

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      6 months ago

      Wow! I did not know that! You essentially refinance your home every 5 years? How does that work? With new closing costs and everything?

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        6 months ago

        Not who you were talking to, but no, the closing costs are one time only. You basically just renew or get a new mortgage somewhere else. Ours is coming up in October, we’re a bit worried but hopeful it won’t be too bad. We’ve got wiggle room as we got a great deal on our house but it’s still going to suck. I have seen a 10 year fixed, might go for that if we can get a good enough rate.