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Sure, if you really want to think of it as an investment - investments can even go down, even your house value in 30 years can be down. Like, say, if you buy somewhere that gets flooded 30 years later because of climate change.
And that's in addition to the interest you mention.
At the end of the day, selling your house after 30 years may or may not recoup all the cost you have paid through the mortgage. But you know what you've had over those 30 years? A roof over your head. Does that not seem like something valuable in itself, if the alternative is paying someone XXX amount for that same service?