{"id":15318,"date":"2022-03-05T10:05:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T10:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lanjaronproperty.com\/?p=15318"},"modified":"2022-03-05T10:05:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T10:05:42","slug":"the-real-meaning-of-housewarming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lanjaronproperty.com\/the-real-meaning-of-housewarming\/","title":{"rendered":"The real meaning of a “housewarming”"},"content":{"rendered":"
In the early days of the mortgage, interest rates were pretty high (sometimes up to 15% or 20%), and the loans would often culminate with a \u201cballoon payment,\u201d similar in size to today\u2019s downpayment. This made paying off a mortgage an even more momentous occasion, and homeowners would celebrate by throwing a big party and burning their mortgage documents.<\/p>\n
Guests would bring gifts to help commemorate the home being owned free and clear, and this tradition has since evolved into what we now know as the housewarming party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In the early days of the mortgage, interest rates were pretty high (sometimes up to 15% or 20%), and the loans would often culminate with a \u201cballoon payment,\u201d similar in size to today\u2019s downpayment. This made paying off a mortgage an even more momentous occasion, and homeowners would celebrate by throwing a big party and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n