Family In USA Calls Friends And Loved Ones To Commission New House: “We Paid For It 4 Years

Family In USA Calls Friends And Loved Ones To Commission New House: “We Paid For It 4 Years

  • A family is overjoyed after it announced that it had successfully paid off its mortgage and can now call themselves house owners
  • In a video on Facebook, the Williams family announced that it took them four years to pay the mortgage on the property which they now own.
  • Netizens who saw the video commended them with many expressing their desire to own a house one day

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A family in the United States could not have asked for a better start to 2023 after they recently announced that they now own a house.

In a video sighted by YEN.com.gh on the Facebook timeline of Dante Lee, the Williams family in Jacksonville, Florida called family and friends to officially announce that they have paid off the mortgage on the house in four years hence becoming the official owners.

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Family buys new house after four years of paying for mortgage
Family buys a new house after using four years to pay for mortgage Photo credit@Dante Lee/Facebook
Source: Facebook

A woman who gave a brief speech said the best gift they could receive is knowing that they now own a house.

To mark this new chapter of their lives, a man from the family set the mortgage papers on fire, a move that symbolizes that those days of parting ways with money in a bid to buy the house are over.

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The 1-minute 56-second video which was captioned “Black family celebrates having paid off their house in just 4 years. (Then they LITERALLY BURN UP the mortgage papers!)” generated a lot of comments with many netizens congratulating the family.

Netizens commend the Williams family

Some netizens who reacted to the video commended the family on the achievement whereas others also tapped into their blessing.

Dorethia Kelly

Southern tradition of burning your mortgage once it's paid off, love it.

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Wisal M Khalifa

Great example of a beautiful strong family. You are so blessed thank you for sharing.

Darnell Reid

Awesome! I love that it was a goal and family participation in the celebration that can be an example for their children and other family members.

Natahlie G Rahmsay

I hope they have a copy! The devil now has a clause your children can't inherit your home once you die! Always forever scheming!

Cheri Humes

This is awesome!! Jacksonville stand up!! I love to see it!! Congratulations to them

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Earlier YEN.com.gh reported that a Twitter user with the handle @DuchessAnnie caused an online stir when she shared photos and videos of how she transformed the uncompleted building of her US-based clients into a plush home.

She thanked them for their faith in her by saying:

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Philip Boateng Kessie (Human-Interest editor) Philip Boateng Kessie started writing for YEN.com.gh in 2022 and is the Head of the Human Interest desk. He has over six years of experience in journalism and graduated from the University of Cape Coast in 2018 with a bachelor's degree in Communication Studies. Philip previously served as a reporter for Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) and as a content writer for Scooper News. He has a certificate in Google News Initiative News Lab courses in Advanced Digital Reporting and Fighting Misinformation. Email: philip.kessie@yen.com.gh.