Much of
the additional household debt is caused by home mortgages.
Not exact matches
Part of this
additional spending can be used to pay down existing
household debt, enabling a significant level of
debt reduction overall.39»
And it's been very weak since 2008; we've now hit the point now where the private sector, the
households, are so heavily in
debt that they just can't continue taking on new or
additional debt to make credit expand enough to drive the economy.
An
additional consideration in this environment was the risk to the economy posed by the build - up of
household debt and the associated increases in house prices.
Such an increase in
debt, they note, «can be paid off with just a few years of the
additional wage income ($ 7,000) that the average
household is collecting each year» relative to 1992.
Just as they are reaching the point in their lives where they should be finally paying off their own
debt, they are becoming saddled with an
additional average of $ 22,000 per
household.
With that said, if you have proven to yourself that you can maintain your discipline (as you have come this far without any
additional debts besides school loans), than theoritically you would come out ahead if you financed new
household items and instead paid off your higher interest rate student loans.
Homesteading weblog Off the Grid News suggests that if 20 % of your monthly net income is less than the payments on your non-mortgage
debt you may need to look into restructuring your
debt, taking on
additional work, or radically changing your spending patterns to get your
household balance sheet back on track.
Taking on new
debt, even for furniture or other
household related items, will change the state of your credit and add
additional debts that leads to the loss of your mortgage approval.
By taking charge of your
household budget, you may be able to avoid incurring
additional debt.
The
additional problem now is the tremendous amount of
household debt caused mainly by super low interest rates.