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Forget the $8000 tax credit, the Interest Rates are the Real Reason to buy Now.

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Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker Residential, Prescott AZ.
 
 Team Stanley, top Buyer Agents in Ellis County, Texas

 

Team Stanley Real Estate has been presenting first time home buyer seminars and presenting the benefits of the $8000 tax credit to our buyers in an effort to get them to realize that there has never been a better time to buy a home than now!  While the $8000 is certainly an attractive reason to buy now, it is simply the icing on the real cake being offered now.

While the $8000 is an immediate benefit to first time home buyers, the real benefit is in the interest rate for a 30 year mortgage, and you don't have to be a first time home buyer to get this benefit.  Everyone can benefit.

Do the math!  This week we closed a young couple on a $150,000 home with a 4.75% interest rate,  and wow, it hit me like a lead balloon.  I thought my personal home had a great rate of 6.5%  but then look at these numbers.

$150,000 for 30 years, at 7% = Monthly payments for Principal, and Interest = $997.95 per month

$150,000 for 30 years, at 6% = Monthly payments for Principal, and Interest = $899.33per month

$150,000 for 30 years, at 4.75% = Monthly payments for Principal, and Interest = $782.47 per month

Now that is a monthly savings of $215 and a annual savings of $2,586 and a 30 year savings of $77,572

Not to mention payments are cheaper than rent, interest is deductible and taxes are deductible.

Now go to the last step, assuming 20% tax bracket  and 4.5%, that equals additional savings of $9000 per year just for interest deduction and about $2000 per year for tax deduction or a total annual savings over renting of $2200 a year and $66,000 over 30 years in tax savings with which you could be buy an annuity and have a additional $185,000 or more for retirement.

Now if your not a first time home buyer and you buy a $300,000 home, double the numbers.

Now if you got it, call  or e-mail Team Stanley, lets find your home and get you started to life time savings.

Team Stanley

Pete 972-921-2047   pete@elliscountymoves.com

Mary 972-935-3991 mary@elliscountymoves.com

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Paula Denmon
FATHOM REALTY - Red Oak, TX
Real Estate Agent, Galloping to serve YOU

Really good to look at the numbers.  Remember the old days when we said the monthly payment was approximately 1% of the loan amount.  That is an outdated comment when you think that at 5% interest, the monthly payment amount is about$5.25/ 1000 of loan amount.... or $525 P&I on $100,000 NOTE.

Apr 10, 2009 07:01 PM