• ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
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    Banks typically ask for you to have cash in hand (deposited), or equivalent leverage, to qualify for loans in the first place.

    The bank I used actively tried to get me to go with less down payment, and subsequently take out a larger loan.

    But yes it is the height of idiocy to say, ‘down payment deposit’ when ‘qualifying assets’ is a more accurate term for the transactions function.

    • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      They need you deposit that down payment cash ASAP so they can lease it to billionaires and crypto exchanges.

      No, this is patently false and borne of a misunderstanding. Idiocy.

      When providing a mortgage, how does a bank get money to lease to billionaires and crypto exchanges?