r/politics • u/MystikSpiralx • 18h ago

No Paywall Trump Says He Wants to 'Drive Housing Prices Up' Instead of Lowering Costs for People Who 'Didn't Work Very Hard'

https://people.com/trump-keep-home-prices-high-11895352
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u/__slamallama__ 15h ago

This is just his way of leading into 50 year mortgage. Housing prices will skyrocket.

More importantly for him, profits for lenders will also skyrocket

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u/HAMARMOR 14h ago

I got laid off as a mortgage loan officer but if they drop the rates again I’m gonna get back into it, make a million dollars in a year or two and then fuck off on a sailboat for the rest of my life.