The Case Against Waiting to Buy

 

Finance costs will rise as the economy recovers,

Trying to time real estate might not pay off.

 

 

TODAY

$300,000

Put 20% down and get a 30-year

fixed rate mortgage

 

Typical home

price

Cost in 12 Months

$285,000

If prices drop

an additional

5%

5.125%

Current rates

after recent

declines

 Interest Rate

5.625%

Recession ends, and rates start to

rise

$1,326.37

 Monthly Payment

$1,332.18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONCLUSION:

 

If you waited a year to buy, you would have saved nothing

and spent a year living and paying for someplace you’d rather not be.

 

 

Connecticut Home Mortgage

tel. 860-638-4206

fax. 1-800-319-5441

cell. 860-712-7355

lorigrodzki@cthm.com 

 

Lori Grodzki, CMPS

Certified Mortgage Planner