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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 $2,7000.
5 B$ G0 P% \* b. g& n0 yInterest: 400K * 5.5 = $2,2000
# R5 m; F- R$ `0 bProperty tax: $2800( O( L/ i# r$ z# {* T, r# b# G
Maintenance: $1500$ l2 Z N# N3 r' _. Q
Insurance: $700 N) |7 u. N U
2. If you rent a similar house, the cost will be $18300.5 ?. I9 ?. H0 z
Rent: $21600 = $1800 per month * 12" k) | m# V% l3 f6 w& t( V, D
Return on your $100k investment: 100K * 4.25% = 4250, you will get net around $3500 after tax.
8 ` ?0 C+ z6 A' FInsuance: $200+ F# b) ~" P2 Q
2 L& V( z5 {1 U- F& _' n" ]% HYou 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.
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[ 本帖最后由 smalltown 于 2007-4-30 09:53 编辑 ] |
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