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Is buying the only option for you? How about renting?
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1. Assume you buy a house worth $500K with a down payment of $100K, the anuual cost will be $2,7000.
6 M% Q7 e) |; b4 Z% ]Interest: 400K * 5.5 = $2,20007 `# N& L; r5 L( P
Property tax: $2800
& M* H) j8 u; l Y& {8 B" Q8 bMaintenance: $1500: j0 ]1 P- t3 N8 v& @
Insurance: $700
m d! F: d4 i- e2. If you rent a similar house, the cost will be $18300.0 q4 _# l* m# G/ |8 A! P& n
Rent: $21600 = $1800 per month * 12+ u* Q; \' Y f" S$ a
Return on your $100k investment: 100K * 4.25% = 4250, you will get net around $3500 after tax.
1 t1 M+ Y" l3 X: a! i$ t: RInsuance: $200- k E' \/ [. C( ?2 D3 p. y
% Z' I# ~/ Z- `! F, N6 P/ l$ NYou will save $9000 a year if you rent. In addition, if the house prices drop, you will benefit more. But if you expect the house prices will keep rising by 5% every year, probably it will be better off to buy.( m5 h% E! ~" z0 E# R
. z1 \, |5 b8 x8 T[ 本帖最后由 smalltown 于 2007-4-30 09:53 编辑 ] |
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