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PSA, you will actually pay $1M for your $500k house at today's rates (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/personalfinance@lemmy.ml
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This might be duh for some people, but if you're like me and considering a mortgage; at today's rates in the US at around 5-6%, over 30yr mortgage you will pay about same in interest as you will for your house price.

Your $500k house will cost you around $1M total over thirty years.

I was surprised.

https://m.mortgagecalculator.org/?q=A1Nzy-8KX

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[–] 10 points 1 year ago

If you’re renting you’ll be paying pretty close to the same amount but won’t have anything to show for it.

You also won’t have had to maintain a house or pay property taxes. I sold mine and rent now because I found ownership to be a PITA. YMMV.

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