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		tshaddox 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Private sector lost 33k jobs, badly missing expect... It's a very different form of rent though, namely because the mortgage borrower has a lot of collateralized debt and the mortgage borrower owns the appreciation (or depreciation) of the property (proportional to their equity).

hx8 4 months ago | [–]

I don't think it is proportional to their equity. The borrower owns all appreciation and depreciation.

kevin_thibedeau 4 months ago | [–]

A home dweller is paying "rent" to the government as property taxes, possibly indirectly through a mortgage.

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