For example, if current interest rates are 2 % lower than your rate on a mortgage on which you have 3 years left to pay, it's going to matter much less than it would for someone who has 25
years of mortgage payments left.
Not exact matches
Records show former Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau, 98, who
left office in 2005, last
year spent $ 2,547 to make a
mortgage payment to the sister
of a deceased employee.
As an example, consider a 30 -
year fixed rate
mortgage at 4 %, with about $ 170,000
left in the principal after three
years of monthly
payments.
$ 40,000 credit card debt - Turning 58 - Have good paying job - Faced recent financial challenges (medical / family assistance) over last 5 months - Have 10 credit cards (3 with high balances, $ 15,000, $ 9,000 and $ 8,000)- Late
payments only to the above 3 credit card accounts (3 mos, 2 mos, 1 month)- Made recent
payments to 3 credit card accounts to bring accounts to temporary favorable status -
Mortgage current - Completed graduate degree but
left to pay last
year out
of pocket when reimbursement program was greatly reduced - Consulted with debt management counselor to go on budget and work with creditors to be paid out
of a single monthly
payment.
Let's say property taxes are $ 2,000 per
year, strata fees are $ 2,400 per
year, and heating costs are $ 900 per
year, he would be
left with $ 14,200 for maximum annual
mortgage payments — making it a maximum
of $ 1,183 per month.
In general, after the down
payment, one would hope to take the rent, and be able to pay the
mortgage, tax, insurance, and then have enough
left each
year to at least have a bit
of emergency money for repairs.
Most
of your incoming earning
years may still be ahead
of you, and an unexpected death could
leave your family devastated with funeral expenses,
mortgage payments, auto loans, child expenses, college tuition, and on and on.
One big advantage
of covering your
mortgage with a 30
year term life policy is that as the
payments are made on the loan, your policy benefits remain the same which
leaves more for your family's other needs.