Paul and Rita get a $ 36,000 mortgage protection plan to cover three
years of their mortgage payments if one of them should die unexpectedly.
Not exact matches
In Ontario,
mortgage payments account for roughly 60 per cent
of income, according to BMO;
if the trend continues another 24 months, that figure will hit 1989 levels — the same
year the market crashed.
If you start with a «down
payment»
of $ 45,800 and contribute 15 percent
of your monthly income every
year for a «30 -
year mortgage,» you'll have $ 728,000 in your money mansion (that's after taxes, with a conservative 7 percent yearly return).
Nicole and I agreed that
if we couldn't afford to pay the larger monthly
payments of a 15 -
year mortgage, then we shouldn't buy the house.
If you want to be free
of your
mortgage sooner you can always refinance to a 15 -
year mortgage, but few people do this because it involves higher monthly
payments.
If you make enough extra
payments, you could pay off your
mortgage within 15
years without the mandatory
payments of an actual 15 -
year mortgage.
I could achieve that in a mere couple
of years if I were to save excessively and dump my savings (and inheritance) into a
Mortgage REIT via the stock market, most
of which are shelling out above 10 % returns in dividend
payments.
If you have gained in equity in your home or improved your credit dramatically in recent
years, then you might be able to lower your monthly
mortgage payment or even shorten the life
of your home loan.
If you start with a «down
payment»
of $ 45,800 and contribute 15 percent
of your monthly income every
year for a «30 -
year -
mortgage,» you'll have $ 728,000 in your money mansion (that's after taxes, with a conservative 7 percent yearly return).
This means that
if your total monthly debt — including the
mortgage payment — uses up more than 43 %
of your monthly income, you could have trouble qualifying for a 30 -
year fixed - rate
mortgage.
If you have a pretty good credit history, a manageable level
of recurring debt, steady income, and a down
payment of 3 % or more — you might meet the minimum qualification requirements for a 30 -
year fixed - rate
mortgage loan.
It is much easier to meet
mortgage payments if you suddenly lose your job when you have a
year's worth
of mortgage payments available.
When I checked it recently, it showed that
if you were borrowing $ 200,000 via a 30 -
year fixed - rate
mortgage, and you had a top FICO score in the 760 to 850 range, you might get an interest rate
of 3.335 %, with a monthly
payment of $ 880, and total interest paid over the 30
years of $ 116,717.
If all you did at age 30 is buy a home worth $ 400,000 and focus on making
mortgage payments over 25
years, by the time you're in your 50s, you would have a net worth
of approximately $ 1.2 million, based on typical appreciation.
If you plan on working and living in your current area for several
years, then start saving up for a down
payment on a
mortgage and researching what kind
of home loan you qualify for.
If she were to maintain her present
mortgage payments of $ 1,091 per month, it would be paid off in full in just four
years.
If the 15 -
year mortgage puts you uncomfortably close to your maximum — meaning you won't have any room in your budget for emergencies or extras — you could always lock into a 30 -
year mortgage while making a commitment to yourself to make
payments the size
of the 15 -
year plan unless there's a financial emergency.
«Even
if mortgage rates moved back up to their 20 -
year average rate
of 6.5 percent (what many thought were simply unbelievable rates when they first dropped that low last decade), that same $ 1,100
mortgage payment would finance a home purchase
of just $ 193,000, not the current $ 279,000.
If monthly
payment consistency is your primary concern, and the idea
of a
mortgage loan with a fluctuating rate concerns you, then you might be better off choosing the 30 -
year fixed - rate
mortgage loan.
If we know where we want kids to be at the end
of 13
years of schooling, delaying learning is the intellectual equivalent
of a balloon
payment on a
mortgage.
Now that I have some land I'm trying to learn to grow some
of my own food, and I already round up the
mortgage payment every month even though money is super tight, but
if I get $ 100k extra in writing income over the next however many
years, I could pay off the
mortgage, get proper insulation for this drafty old place, and put solar panels on the roof, at which point I could live comfortably on about $ 1000 a month (except for the unexpected stuff), so that is my current dream.
If you can't afford making the higher payments on a 15 - year mortgage but like the idea of saving on interest, there are other ways to make that happen, even if you have a 30 - year loa
If you can't afford making the higher
payments on a 15 -
year mortgage but like the idea
of saving on interest, there are other ways to make that happen, even
if you have a 30 - year loa
if you have a 30 -
year loan.
If that's true is the amount on the second
mortgage or a portion
of it included in the monthly
payments that are made over the next 5
years back to your other creditors?
For example, a 25 -
year old only has a 5 -
year time horizon
if he's expecting to spend all
of his money on the down
payment of a
mortgage when he's 30.
For example,
if your
mortgage payment pays principal
of $ 500 / month (or $ 6,000 /
year), you divide this by the investment credit line or loan interest rate (say 6 %) to get $ 100,000.
Getting rid
of a 30 -
year mortgage in 25
years is realistic
if your
payments are low enough that you can afford to throw extra money at the principal every month.
In your case, Konfused,
if you are already paying your
mortgage off in 8
years, you are paying quite a bit
of principal down with each
payment.
So the idea is,
if you make an extra
payment a
year on your
mortgage,
if you make 26 half
payments a
year, that's 13 full
payments instead
of 12.
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.
Somebody figured out,
if I take my
mortgage payment and I cut in half, and then I mail it in 26 times a
year, basically every time you get paid, you send in half
of your
mortgage payment.
For example,
if a homeowner with
mortgage life insurance dies after 10
years of payments on a $ 250,000
mortgage, the lender would pay approximately $ 185,000 to cover the remaining
mortgage debt.
If your total consumer debt
payment (to get out
of debt within 3
years) was $ 430 a month, and your
mortgage was $ 1,550 a month, your new
mortgage payment should be $ 1,980 a month at least till the consumer debt portion is gone.
When I get my tax check back, I'll have enough to either throw $ 5500 in Roth (counts for 2015
if done by April 15 I guess) and can try another $ 5500 for 2016 by the end
of the
year, OR I can put this $ 11000 toward the house, pay off the house, and then go crazy on retirement once the house is paid off (using the
mortgage payment to do that).
If you made an extra
mortgage payment at the end
of last
year then make sure that the added interest
payment is included in the amount that your lender has counted for.
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.
Pay off your
mortgage faster: Refinancing might mean making higher
payments with a 15
year mortgage, but the benefit
of paying it off sooner is a great plus
if you're concerned about retirement assets and rising expenses.
You know a variable rate
mortgage is likely the best option for you
if you are content with irregular monthly
payments when prime rates move and
if you need a
mortgage you can break without penalties after three
years of the term has elapsed.
If you have established considerable equity in your home and are 62
years or older, a reverse
mortgage can help supplement all types
of retirement income, especially Social Security
payments.
If she were to maintain her present
mortgage payments of $ 1,091 per month, it would be paid off in full in just four
years.
True bi-weekly vs standard bi-weekly Shows how much you will save
if you calculate interest for two - week intervals and apply the bi-weekly
payments less the interest to reduce principal every two weeks, instead
of having your money withdrawn from your bank account every two weeks by your lender and making a full
mortgage payment once a month plus one additional
payment once a
year out
of a special account, managed by the lender.
On the other hand it would be interesting to see where youâ $ ™ d be
if you paid off that
mortgage in 25, 20, 15, 10 and 5
years instead
of either 30
year option, and then invested the full
payment each month
of the remaining 30
years.
If Harry and Gwen combine the debts together in a $ 448,519
mortgage at 2.75 per cent on a variable rate loan, they could amortize it over the 19
years to Harry's age 65 and have a
payment of $ 2,525 per month.
If you have a
mortgage that is only a few
years old, then likely the majority
of the
payment goes towards interest.
If they continue to make weekly $ 700
payments and their
mortgage rate increases to an average
of 4 % (which Feigs feels is a reasonable scenario), it will take 21
years.
Of course, rolling credit card debt into a 30 -
year mortgage isn't actually paying it off, but the monthly
payments will be a lot lower, and
if you're lucky and your home appreciates further, you can pay it off fully when you sell the property and still have paid a lot less interest.
I still expect to pay it down well within 10
years, but
if lowering the minimum
payment lets me take out a larger
mortgage, it will allow us to get into a house we won't feel like we need to move out
of any time soon.
Posting as a comment as I'm not 100 % but I believe any FHA
mortgage requires a minimum
of 5
years of PMI
payments if you put less than 20 % down.
«Rates might go up much faster than anyone is expecting and so
if you're right on the border
of being able to afford your
mortgage payment and you're able to lock in an affordable
payment for five
years, you should definitely do that,» Laird said.
If you still can, switch to a 15
year mortgage, and figure out what percentage
of your take - home pay the new
payment is.
@JoeTaxpayer I think the OP would (did) still call it a 20
year mortgage, because
if he got a 20
year mortgage in 2012, but arranged biweekly
payments, it would be done in 2030 instead
of 2032.