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Savings Corner
DECEMBER 25, 2023
How to use the mortgage calculator Under “Home price,” enter the price (if you’re buying) or the current value (if you’re refinancing). A lot of factors go into that assessment, and the main one is debt-to-income ratio. But most mortgage payments include other charges as well.
Savings Corner
DECEMBER 25, 2023
To calculate how much house you can afford, we take into account a few primary items, such as your household income, monthly debts (for example, car loan and student loan payments) and the amount of savings available for a down payment. How does your debt-to-income ratio impact affordability? Debt and expenses. Credit profile.
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The Frugal Girl
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
As an adult, it’s important to me to continue to be generous, as well as, provide financial security for myself and my family. While we were still renting an apartment, I researched areas with lower property taxes, scouted out my ideal neighborhoods, and waited for a smaller, less expensive house to come on the market.
Family Balance Sheet
JUNE 22, 2020
It was so big that I cried for two days straight– we paid off six figures in non-mortgage debts. How we got to six figures of non-mortgage debt: In the summer of 2012, we found an opportunity to purchase an office building for our small business. After the first year, the new business debt weighed on me.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MAY 26, 2011
The assessor’s office is usually not the same office that collects the taxes (yep that would be the Collector’s office). Most state laws require that assessed value be based on the market value of the property. Related posts: The ABC’s of Debt Reduction. How is the assessed value determined?
Savings Corner
DECEMBER 24, 2023
After a pandemic-fueled, seller-benefitting boom — with bidding wars, inventory shortages and spiraling prices all over the country — the housing market began to cool down in 2022. The impact of inflation and fast-rising interest rates dampened buyers’ interest, causing sales to slow and price appreciation to decelerate.
The Frugal Girl
MARCH 4, 2024
My mom cut coupons and sewed her own clothes and mine, as well. We paid an excavator (to dig the hole for the foundation), a well driller and a cabinet maker (for our kitchen and bathroom cabinets). He says we were busy building the house and our careers and it was money well spent because it freed up our time. (We
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