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I have a hard time seeing interest rates continuing to drop, however. (On the other hand, I never thought I'd see them this low. But they can't keep going lower forever... can they?)
I have a hard time seeing interest rates continuing to drop, however. (On the other hand, I never thought I'd see them this low. But they can't keep going lower forever... can they?)
If you have $1000 today and can either spend it now or put it in the bank and withdraw $999 a year from now, what would you do? I suspect some would spend it now.
But what if that number goes down to $990 or $975? More and more people will be willing to spend it now instead of savings therefore "growing" the economy now.
First, since you don't have to make payments, you can't default.
If you can't default, why bother with qualification?
If you don't have to qualify, is there an upper limit to how much you can/should borrow?
If there's no upper limit and you never have to pay, it doesn't matter whether the seller charges $100k or $1M or $10M.. it demonstrates that the entire system is entirely made up.
In fact, I would be surprised if you could get away with no payments (a balloon payment loan, as it were). I would be rather shocked if they were offering such loans.
Absent data that they are actually offering such loans (balloon and/or untethered to the price of the property), I find your conclusions unwarranted.
"In Denmark, the ultra-low interest rate environment has in turn caused home prices to increase as borrowers could afford pricier homes."
Ref: https://www.msn.com/en-us/finance/markets/a-danish-bank-is-o...
Negative interest rates make sense if you consider them as a lender trading current cash-on-hand for future cash flow. That is, the bank has $200k today, but it would rather see that broken up into payments over 10 years, even if it has to pay you to do it.
When viewed through this lens, it becomes clear that the factor driving this is likely that the bank is being disincentivised from storing the cash directly.