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Bundesbank Is Open to Possibility of Negative-Rate Mortgages

  • Negative loans make more sense than depositing money at ECB
  • Banks would pay home buyers to take out real-estate loans
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Germany’s central bank, known for its dry approach to matters of money, has some good news for real-estate buyers: negative-rate mortgages are just fine.

The Bundesbank considers such loans conceivable and would not intervene against them, board member Joachim Wuermeling told Stuttgarter Zeitung in an interview.