Merry Christmas from interest rate Santa. It’s time to get the best Christmas Gift, a new House. And why should you buy a new house at Christmas time? Because the all time low interest rates make it a major sale on houses everywhere. That’s right, mortgage interest rates are less expensive than they have ever been before.
Right now you could have a $150,000 home loan with a Principal and Interest monthly payment of just $711. In many areas of Utah, that will provide you with a pretty nice home.
Here is the latest from the Freddie Mac residential mortgage survey:
30 Year interest rates averaged less than 4 percent at 3.94%. 15 year fixed rate mortgages were just 3.21%, and 5 year ARMS were just 2.93%. In simple terms this means…. Your monthly payment will be very, very low.
If you really want to build wealth, go for a 15 year mortgage. With 15 year mortgages you pay a lot less interest and pay your home off in half the time. At the current average 15 year fixed interest rates that same $150,000 mortgage loan would have a P&I interest rate of just $1,051. In more normal times, this would be the payment you would have with a 30 year loan! Same monthly payment, but for half the term.
