FIXED RATE
Potential purchase price of home: $ 400,000 Potential down payment: $ 50,000 Total loan amount: $ 350,000 Interest rate: 5.75 % for 30 years Monthly Payment: $ 2,042.00
Potential purchase price of home: $ 400,000 Potential down payment: $ 50,000 Total loan amount: $ 350,000 Cost of one point to buy down the loan: $ 3,500 Monthly payment with no points at 5.75 % interest: $ 2,042.00 Monthly payment with one point at 5.25 % interest: $ 1,932.71 Savings by paying one point up front: $ 109.29 monthly; $ 1,311.48 annually; $ 39,344.40 over a 30 - year loan term
Not exact matches
They calculate how an increase in rates will slow
home purchases as more and more
potential buyers are
priced out
of the market.
Definition
of Replacement Cost Value: The replacement cost is usually calculated using the initial
price tag paid for the items or the cost
of physically building the
home when it was
purchased, regardless
of any
potential depreciation.
• Prepare documents such as representation contracts,
purchase agreements, closing statements, leases, and deeds • Accompany buyers during visits to and inspections
of property, advising them on the suitability and value
of the
homes they are visiting based on current market conditions • Conduct quarterly seminars and training sessions for sales agents to improve sales techniques • Advise sellers on how to make
homes more appealing to
potential buyers increasing average selling
prices by 16 % from initial appraisals • Evaluate mortgage options helping clients obtain financing at the best rates and terms
Alex Perriello, president and CEO
of Coldwell Banker, says, «Many other demographic groups are interested in
purchasing or selling a vacation
home, but baby boomers have the strongest buying
potential, and their high incomes are driving
home sales and real estate
prices.»
I think
home staging could work either way, it really adds to the wow affect when the
potential buyers first visit the
home and if they are
of an impetuous nature the staging may help in fetching a higher
purchase price for the property but if the buyers are
of a frugal nature it could go the other way.
One - third
of vacation buyers plan to use their property for vacations or as a family retreat, 19 percent plan to convert their vacation
home into their primary residence in the future, and 13 percent bought for
potential price appreciation; the same share
purchased because
of low real estate
prices and because the buyer found a good deal.
Lastly, in addition to the HomePath Mortgage by Fannie Mae, you also have the
potential receive the 3 %
of the
purchase price required for your down payment through the
Home Path Ready Buyer program.
If a
potential buyer is presented with a higher asking
price before that buyer has been able to calculate how much he would be willing to pay for the
home, the buyer's estimate
of a reasonable
purchasing price will be higher than it would have been had the buyer been shown a lower initial asking
price.
«Builders are reporting increasing demand for new
homes as inventories
of foreclosed and distressed properties begin to shrink in markets across the country,» says NAHB Chairman Barry Rutenberg, a
home builder from Gainesville, Fla. «In view
of the tightening supply and other improving conditions, many
potential buyers who were on the fence are now motivated to move forward with a
purchase in order to take advantage
of today's favorable
prices and interest rates.»
Eighty - six per cent
of potential first - time buyers say low interest rates make them more likely to
purchase a
home; 81 per cent cite lower housing
prices as a motivating factor; while 76 per cent cite job security; and 64 per cent say a stable economy is an important factor in their decision to buy.