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December 31, 2007 at 11:05 AM #127099December 31, 2007 at 11:14 AM #126842SD RealtorParticipant
Tugg I am one of those anal risk averse types so I always advocate the 30 year fixed mortgage even if it is a little bit higher. Savvy people who can make a better return on the money do indeed do better by not getting into these safer vehicles.
I also advocate buydowns however I am really careful as to how much I buydown. I always look at the expectancy of how long I intend to keep the property. Notice I use the words keep the property, not necessarly live in it. Performing the exercise of whether the buydown is worth it or not is pretty easy. A broad (very broad) approximation is about 4 years per point.
HLS can run the numbers for you to see when the accumulated interest for each rate crosses over the buydown amount. You may find that getting the 5.5 may be the better deal for you. The thing is that the simple crossover point calculation doesn’t account for inflation.
SD Realtor
December 31, 2007 at 11:14 AM #127001SD RealtorParticipantTugg I am one of those anal risk averse types so I always advocate the 30 year fixed mortgage even if it is a little bit higher. Savvy people who can make a better return on the money do indeed do better by not getting into these safer vehicles.
I also advocate buydowns however I am really careful as to how much I buydown. I always look at the expectancy of how long I intend to keep the property. Notice I use the words keep the property, not necessarly live in it. Performing the exercise of whether the buydown is worth it or not is pretty easy. A broad (very broad) approximation is about 4 years per point.
HLS can run the numbers for you to see when the accumulated interest for each rate crosses over the buydown amount. You may find that getting the 5.5 may be the better deal for you. The thing is that the simple crossover point calculation doesn’t account for inflation.
SD Realtor
December 31, 2007 at 11:14 AM #127011SD RealtorParticipantTugg I am one of those anal risk averse types so I always advocate the 30 year fixed mortgage even if it is a little bit higher. Savvy people who can make a better return on the money do indeed do better by not getting into these safer vehicles.
I also advocate buydowns however I am really careful as to how much I buydown. I always look at the expectancy of how long I intend to keep the property. Notice I use the words keep the property, not necessarly live in it. Performing the exercise of whether the buydown is worth it or not is pretty easy. A broad (very broad) approximation is about 4 years per point.
HLS can run the numbers for you to see when the accumulated interest for each rate crosses over the buydown amount. You may find that getting the 5.5 may be the better deal for you. The thing is that the simple crossover point calculation doesn’t account for inflation.
SD Realtor
December 31, 2007 at 11:14 AM #127079SD RealtorParticipantTugg I am one of those anal risk averse types so I always advocate the 30 year fixed mortgage even if it is a little bit higher. Savvy people who can make a better return on the money do indeed do better by not getting into these safer vehicles.
I also advocate buydowns however I am really careful as to how much I buydown. I always look at the expectancy of how long I intend to keep the property. Notice I use the words keep the property, not necessarly live in it. Performing the exercise of whether the buydown is worth it or not is pretty easy. A broad (very broad) approximation is about 4 years per point.
HLS can run the numbers for you to see when the accumulated interest for each rate crosses over the buydown amount. You may find that getting the 5.5 may be the better deal for you. The thing is that the simple crossover point calculation doesn’t account for inflation.
SD Realtor
December 31, 2007 at 11:14 AM #127104SD RealtorParticipantTugg I am one of those anal risk averse types so I always advocate the 30 year fixed mortgage even if it is a little bit higher. Savvy people who can make a better return on the money do indeed do better by not getting into these safer vehicles.
I also advocate buydowns however I am really careful as to how much I buydown. I always look at the expectancy of how long I intend to keep the property. Notice I use the words keep the property, not necessarly live in it. Performing the exercise of whether the buydown is worth it or not is pretty easy. A broad (very broad) approximation is about 4 years per point.
HLS can run the numbers for you to see when the accumulated interest for each rate crosses over the buydown amount. You may find that getting the 5.5 may be the better deal for you. The thing is that the simple crossover point calculation doesn’t account for inflation.
SD Realtor
December 31, 2007 at 11:17 AM #126847kev374ParticipantInflation is a big wildcard in this. If we have high inflation and no growth then that is stagflation and forget about the housing market in that case because there will be more serious issues like keeping yourself employed! Dirt cheap housing prices mean nothing if cost of commodities are skyrocketing (already happening unfortunately), pay is declining and you lose your job!!
December 31, 2007 at 11:17 AM #127006kev374ParticipantInflation is a big wildcard in this. If we have high inflation and no growth then that is stagflation and forget about the housing market in that case because there will be more serious issues like keeping yourself employed! Dirt cheap housing prices mean nothing if cost of commodities are skyrocketing (already happening unfortunately), pay is declining and you lose your job!!
December 31, 2007 at 11:17 AM #127017kev374ParticipantInflation is a big wildcard in this. If we have high inflation and no growth then that is stagflation and forget about the housing market in that case because there will be more serious issues like keeping yourself employed! Dirt cheap housing prices mean nothing if cost of commodities are skyrocketing (already happening unfortunately), pay is declining and you lose your job!!
December 31, 2007 at 11:17 AM #127084kev374ParticipantInflation is a big wildcard in this. If we have high inflation and no growth then that is stagflation and forget about the housing market in that case because there will be more serious issues like keeping yourself employed! Dirt cheap housing prices mean nothing if cost of commodities are skyrocketing (already happening unfortunately), pay is declining and you lose your job!!
December 31, 2007 at 11:17 AM #127109kev374ParticipantInflation is a big wildcard in this. If we have high inflation and no growth then that is stagflation and forget about the housing market in that case because there will be more serious issues like keeping yourself employed! Dirt cheap housing prices mean nothing if cost of commodities are skyrocketing (already happening unfortunately), pay is declining and you lose your job!!
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