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Using
good old loan calculator on www.nodebtever.com we can see that a standard $100,000 loan at 5% over 25 years will cost you over $175,000. That's a big $75k in interest. What about
same loan over 40 years at 4%? That's cheaper, right? WRONG! You'll pay over $200,000 over
period - an extra $25k or so! And if interest rates stay at 5%, add another $30k to make $55k of extra costs for you!
A repayment mortgage will suffer an additional penalty on a longer loan -
amount of capital you pay off each month is adjusted to take account of
fact that it now runs over 40 years, not 25, and this means you build up equity in your property far slower than in a shorter loan.
So what's
advice? If you can't afford a house on a 'traditional' setup, rent. The price will undoubtedly come back into line with wages at some point. If you already have a mortgage, overpay when you can -
difference over
years can amount to TENS of thousands of dollars!

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