I came across this usage in excerpts from the dissent by Justice Kagan to the US Supreme Court's decision [see image I will attempt to attach, that I snagged from here:...
@RMiddleton Yep. Means the author removed a letter from the word. So in the image above the author removed a d or s from the word waive. It just helps the quote make sense in context of the passage.
Loan term refers to the total life of the loan. A 10 year term would mean you could pay off the loan in 10 years through making minimum payments.
Are you referring to an adjustable rate mortgage (ARM)? That’s what’s they’re called in the USA. ARMs haven’t made a lot of sense in most cases as of late.
What does lending look like there? Do you all do 30 year mortgages too? Do you have an option for a fixed rate mortgage?
In Australia but we are just over 7% on our variable rate. Think 2 years ago it was down at like 3.something%.
Our reserve bank keeps upping the cash rate to "combat inflation" but all that is doing is making those of us with home loans give the banks more of our earnings while we already couldn't afford to splash out.
Legal minds, what do empty brackets mean inside a quote? Like this: Can I "ask[ ] you?" (kbin.social)
I came across this usage in excerpts from the dissent by Justice Kagan to the US Supreme Court's decision [see image I will attempt to attach, that I snagged from here:...
The cheapest mortgage rate I can get today is 9.13% which is insane. What's the lowest rate you can get? (media.kbin.social)