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Higher rates can actually be a good thing!

I have a secret to share. Higher rates may actually be a good thing

Say what? Let me explain…

Everyone knows that mortgage rates are up, up, up. BUT…because some buyers have shied away from the higher rates, competition is also down (aka prices are down a bit)

let's say you bought a home this Spring with 3.5 percent rate, Home price is 1.5 million dollars, with 20 percent downpayment equals to 300 thousand dollars so the monthly mortgage and property taxes would be 6786 thousand dollars

(Side note…Keep in mind that a good chunk of that is tax deductible!)

Example computation. A home that is down 10 percent but rates are up at 5.5 percent. Home price is 1.35 million dollars, with 20 percent downpayment equals to 270 thousand dollars so the monthly mortgage and property taxes would be 7.390 thousand dollars

$6,786 vs $7,390 → Today, with the higher rate, you’re paying ~$600 more per month. 

(so…umm…how is this better?!?)

Well, with the difference in down payment and closing costs (which are based, in part, on the purchase price), you save ~$34k in cash. (It would take almost 5 YEARS to make up that delta in monthly payment.)

Plus, we believe rates will be down within the next year. When you refi, you can bridge that monthly delta even more – and you still saved the cash!

not to mention... you could make it even better with options like: (1) Having the seller pay for a rate buydown (2) Having the seller pay for some of the monthly difference or a temporary buydown (3) doing an interest only loan to reduce your monthly, and more

Sound like an opportunity to you?

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