This calculation assumes a constant interest rate throughout the amortization period and the Total Interest Cost is
averaged over the life of the mortgage rounded to the nearest dollar.
Not exact matches
The Vanier Institute
of the Family says that, on
average, it costs the typical Canadian family $ 1,000 to $ 1,200 a month to put a two - year - old in full - time daycare, or the equivalent to paying the principal on a $ 360,000 house
over the
life of a typical 25 - year
mortgage.
You'll need to have the stomach to tough out bear markets, where your shares may halve in value or more —
over the
average 25 - year
life of a
mortgage, you're certain to see two or three stock market scares.
For example, consider how much interest you would pay
over the
life of a 30 - year $ 250,000
mortgage, based on the current
average interest rates.
One reason is that, while an APR attempts to blend up - front costs into an
average, overall rate you'll pay
over the
life of the
mortgage, with an adjustable - rate loan you really have no way
of knowing what that rate will actually be because it will fluctuate as
mortgage rates change.
For example, if inflation
averaged just 2 %
over the
life of your 30 - year
mortgage, your final $ 800 principal payment on the
mortgage would be equivalent to $ 442 measured in dollars
of the same value when you took out your
mortgage, thirty years earlier.
You'll have to meet certain eligibility requirements in terms
of income, occupation, or credit, but buyers who use down payment assistance programs save an
average of $ 17,766 between upfront savings and lower monthly
mortgage payments
over the
life of the loan.
30 %
of the total gross income used to qualify the borrower for the
mortgage may be from boarder revenue if: the individual (s) has
lived with and paid rent to the borrower for the last 12 months, the boarder can provide appropriate documentation to demonstrate a history
of shared residency (a copy
of an official document (s) showing the boarder's address as being the same as the borrower's), and documentation
of rental income for at least 9
of the most recent 12 months (
averaged over 12 months).
On a $ 126,000
mortgage — the
average amount borrowed last year — a 2 - percent fee can bloom into $ 14,474
over the 30 - year
life of a 6 - percent loan.
Now, that
mortgage «cost» includes principal payments so let's just take the
average national
mortgage rate according to the AHS and assume that the 30 year
mortgage will cost you roughly $ 165,000
over the
life of the
mortgage (this is JUST the interest paid).
The proposed levy,
of up to two per cent, would make it Canada's highest land transfer tax and could cost the
average Toronto homebuyer more than $ 15,000
over the
life of a
mortgage.