• dparticiple@sh.itjust.works
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      5 days ago

      That’s realistic, but the infographic doesn’t include tax and insurance. Working backwards, it has:

      • Home price: $600,000
      • Down payment (20%): $120,000
      • Loan amount: $480,000
      • Interest rate: 3.0% fixed
      • Term: 30 years (360 months)

      The monthly principal-and-interest payment is exactly as the post said, $2024 / month.

      Has insurance gone up? Absolutely? Have property taxes generally rise? They have. But this is an honest like-for-like comparison.

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          5 days ago

          Someone selling a home they already own. I know thats not helpful to most, but thats the only realistic way to have 120k sitting around

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        $2024 > $4300 is more than double, while also assuming saving an extra $50,000 in downpayment while that cost increased.

        Although the down payment has less impact. But nonetheless, that lower payment boosts the loan to about $4600.

        Wages aren’t doubling.