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[–] 2fm@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Canada has credit scores as well... is this a thing here too?

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Apparently we have them in the UK but I have never had a reason to care. I intend to keep it that way.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (3 children)

So... I have a guess as to why this is. It might be entirely wrong, but it kind of makes sense to me. I would bet the bank also partially insures your home when they hold your mortgage, and so the two insurers/policies split the liability in that case. When your mortgage is paid up, the bank no longer has stake in the home and doesn't insure it anymore, meaning the full liability falls on your insurance policy alone now. So they likely raise your premiums to account for the hightened risk on themselves. That's not necessarily a justification and it obviously sucks for you, but, it does make some amount of sense IF my guess is correct.

Either way, paying off your mortgage is a big accomplishment and removes a big burden from your shoulders. So kudos on that at least.

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[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz -3 points 18 hours ago

Can you please not repost X content on lemmy?

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 0 points 19 hours ago

Gotta g get that $ somehow

[–] generic_computers@lemmy.zip -2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

You can't make this up

Makes it up.

Maybe they were saying that you can't make it up, but they can because they are more imaginative.

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