Rising Rates!!!!

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RISING INTEREST RATES...

SHOULD I STILL BUY OR WAIT???
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WAITING IS NEVER A GOOD IDEA

  • Rising values
  • Rising rates
  • Need to live somewhere
  • Real estate is driven by need not interest rates
  • You and I CANNOT time the real estate market
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1978-2018

RATES HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS 18% AND AS LOW AS 3%
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THE LAST 5 YEARS RATE LEVELS HAVE BEEN...

HISTORICALLY LOW AND SIMPLY COULDN’T LAST

MORTGAGE RATES ARE TIED TO BOND MARKET

INFLATION RISES, BOND GO DOWN, INTEREST RATES GO UP.
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ON AN AVERAGE $200,000 MORTGAGE EACH 1/2%

MEANS APPROX $45 PER MONTH IN PAYMENT
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YOU SPEND THAT AT DUNKIN DONUTS!

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BUT THEN DON’T FORGET ABOUT THE TAX BENEFITS

CHECK WITH YOUR ACCOUNTANT FOR SPECIFICS ON YOUR DEDUCTIBILITY
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MAYBE I’LL WAIT FOR THEM TO COME BACK DOWN

  • Forecast is they’ll continue to rise
  • Nothing pointing to them going back down
  • Waiting will likely make you lose more ground monthly
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YA KNOW WHAT THE PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT AT 12, 14, 18% DID WHEN RATES CAME DOWN?

RE-FI’D! AND THEY HAD GREATER DEDUCTIONS

EXPERT OPINION IS TYPICALLY

MORTGAGE RATES HAVE TO BREAK 9-10% TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON BUYERS

THE BASIC TRUTH IS...

WE ALL HAVE TO LIVE SOMEWHERE
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THE KEY IS AFFORDABILITY

WE HAVE TO BE SURE THE MONTHLY INVESTMENT IS COMFORTABLE
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COULD BALANCE THE MARKET

RATES RISING A BIT MAY ALSO MAKE LISTING LAST A BIT LONGER GIVING MORE CHOICE
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SHORT ANSWER

DON’T YOU OR THEM SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF, FOCUS ON AFFORDABILITY
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