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As the purchase of your home gets closer, I am pretty sure your main strategy and action plan is based on how much down payment you are willing & able to give at closing.
First time home buyers first though is always the bigger the down payment the lower my monthly payment will be. And while this is true the question is whether the time it takes to save such large down payment while renting compared to its monthly savings makes most sense or not. Before getting into detail with a scenario I invite you to watch video in this section about how down payment affects your overall loan.
In my 20+ year of experience doing loans, however, I have seen how many clients’ strategies lack financial common sense. To illustrate this, consider the following real example of a property listed for sale in Houston, Harris County with 4 bedrooms & 2.5 bathrooms, 2550 sq. ft. built on 2006 which typically would rent at least for $1,600/month:
Sales Price - $180,000
Down payment - 3.5% or $6,300
Credit Score - 680 credit
FHA Interest Rate - 3.875%
Loan Monthly Payment - $831.09
Mortgage Insurance - $123.04/month
Taxes 2016 - $4,565/year or $380.42/month
Insurance estimated - $1,435/year or $119.59/month
Total monthly payment - $1,454.14
Then some clients prefer to wait 2 years to save that 20% or $36,000 renting at $1,600/month or $38,400 for 2 years’ worth of rent. Then after 2 years and once that 20% is saved the following numbers apply:
Sales Price - $197,000 (Based on Houston market trends same house went up $17,000 after 2 years)
Down payment - 20% or $39,400
Credit Score - 680 credit
Conventional Interest Rate – 4.25%
Loan Monthly Payment - $775.30
Mortgage Insurance - $0,00/month
Taxes 2016 - $4,565/year or $380.42/month
Insurance estimated - $1,435/year or $119.59/month
Total monthly payment - $1,275.31
Total savings after waiting 2 years to save $39,400 = $178.83/month. Does it make sense to wait 2 years to save for down payment? Probably not. Feel free to contact me to go over any scenario you were thinking of and would like to run to me for consideration contacting me at 281-940-2554.
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Author:
Joan Gallardo
Loan Officer NMLS 367858
Realtor TREC 0640762
Thanks to the entire team at clear lending for making this process a smooth one. I loved the fact this place is a local one stop shop helping from the home search, school ratings to the loan, inspection to closing. Joan and Patricia were super knowlegeable and helpful during the entire process. I truly recommend them.
Great lender!!! Joan helped my family close on time and secure a great mortgage rate. Thank you!
I highly recommend Joan. I reached out to Clear Lending because I was not receiving information and good customer service from the first mortgage company I reached out to. Joan was extremely professional,informative and patient. He spoke to me for over 45 minutes and answered so many questions that I had as a first-time home buyer. I was looking for the Michael Jordan of mortgage brokers and Joan at Clear Lending is exactly that! He definitely cares and works very hard To help his clients in any way that he can.
