Affordability Awareness

When considering whether to purchase a home, prospective buyers must include immediate and long-term budget-benders such as insurance, property tax, and operational costs. When some homebuyers think about affordability, they focus on the purchase price, their mortgage rate and the principal and interest they'll pay on their loan.

Affordability Awareness

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When considering whether to purchase a home, prospective buyers must include immediate and long-term budget-benders such as insurance, property tax, and operational costs.

When some homebuyers think about affordability, they focus on the purchase price, their mortgage rate and the principal and interest they'll pay on their loan.

Sometimes they'll compare that estimate with their monthly rent to decide if they can accommodate that new payment.

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When considering whether to purchase a home, prospective buyers must include immediate and long-term budget-benders such as insurance, property tax, and operational costs. When some homebuyers think about affordability, they focus on the purchase price, their mortgage rate and the principal and interest they'll pay on their loan. Sometimes they'll compare that estimate with their monthly rent to decide if they can accommodate that new payment.

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  • While that's certainly an initial step many buyers take, there's far more to homeownership than the price and the payment.

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