Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 26, 2011

If you own real estate, you have been, or someday will be, confronted with a rise in your assessed property value. This usually leads to an increase in your real estate taxes! Increases in your assessed value can sometimes be negotiated downward, saving you tax money. What is assessed value? If so, proceed to the next step.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 25, 2023

As a home buyer, you’ll want to have a certain level of comfort in understanding your monthly mortgage payments. For example, if your monthly mortgage payment, with taxes and insurance, is $1,260 a month and you have a monthly income of $4,500 before taxes, your DTI is 28%.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 13, 2014

Before you start spending your profits, take a breath and then sit down and think through what your net gain or loss might actually be – after taxes and all selling expenses. We did have a home inspection which was around $200 as well. Home inspection. Real estate is subject to yearly taxes by the county.

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

We share our home with a 70lb rescued mutt. Besides dealing with my sudden unemployment when my oldest child was a toddler, I was hoping to figure out a way to extend my time at home with him. We ending up buying our current home in 2015, when local prices and interest rates were significantly lower. Enjoying some outdoor time.

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Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Does your property tax bill give you anxiety? Our homeowners insurance and property taxes are not tied in with our mortgage so we receive those bills and are responsible for paying them instead of the bank that owns the mortgage. Our personal escrow fund includes: home owners insurance – due yearly.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 27, 2023

NerdWallet’s calculator doesn’t include tax data, which can vary by and within metropolitan areas. Home prices, property taxes and monthly rents vary from state to state, city to city, town to town and even neighborhood to neighborhood. How is this tool different from other resources out there?

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 24, 2023

If you own a paid-off home in a high-cost area like Boston or Los Angeles, maybe affordability isn’t your priority. Iowa’s median home price is $239,400, per Redfin data — well below the nationwide median home price of $388,800. Iowa lands near the middle of the pack tax-wise. 23 for property taxes and No.

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Savings Corner

APRIL 4, 2024

While you can’t cash out all of your home’s equity, the process gives you access to a larger sum of money without needing to sell your home. Paying down your mortgage helps build equity in your home, but you don’t have to wait until you completely repay it, or sell the property, to access that equity.

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Savings Corner

APRIL 4, 2024

Mortgage refinancing is when you replace your current home loan with a new one. A lender orders a home appraisal to assess the current market value of your home, too, to evaluate how much equity you have in it. Many lenders cap cash-out refinancing at 80 percent of the home’s total value on most loan types.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Instead, they use a mortgage, which is a loan to buy a home. After making a down payment of anywhere from 3% to 25%, they get a mortgage to cover the remaining costs of purchasing the home. Each payment includes a combination of principal and interest, as well as property taxes, and, if needed, mortgage insurance.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 4, 2014

That’s when I first decided to go back to school and get a Master’s degree in something that would allow me to work from home. Now I’m a freelance writer who makes a living from home. We have to pay for maintenance and property taxes and the interest on the loan. And, of course, it hasn’t been.

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Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 11, 2020

The PA governor has shut down all non-essential businesses indefinitely and we’ve now been ordered to stay at home unless traveling to essential jobs, needed supplies, or outdoor exercise as long as we practice social distancing. Are you working from home? Are you going crazy confined to your home? So enough about me!

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 6, 2014

The sales tax, plus the ongoing higher property tax and insurance are really turning him off – and the van does fine if we drive it locally or just for a few hours to the lake. I want this vacation to go well and that rental car will be our daytime home for 12 days. This time however, my criteria are different.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 27, 2014

My Dad offered my spouse and I the opportunity to buy his starter home (which he had converted to a rental) at a very attractive price. By purchasing used vehicles you save on the initial car price, the sales tax you pay upon purchase as well as the property tax you pay each year and the amount you need to insure it.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 1, 2013

If you are buying a home, start with the 30% rule, and then evaluate where that puts you in terms of finances. If you bring home $4,500 each month, are you truly comfortable with putting $1,350 of it toward a mortgage payment? And what happens when you add in property taxes, utility, home insurance, and maintenance?

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 24, 2023

But now, as we approach the end of 2023, inflation is much lower but home prices and mortgage rates are both sky-high. Determine why you want to buy a house Purchasing a home is a major decision that shouldn’t be taken lightly. Make a list of what’s important to you in a home. Is location the top priority?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 16, 2011

Private mortgage insurance is an extra mortgage insurance that lenders require from most homebuyers who obtain loans that are worth more than 80 percent of their new home’s value. The lenders use it to protect their interest in the property. You can avoid paying PMI by putting a 20% down payment on your home.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Determining how much mortgage I can afford When buying a home, the question, “How much can I borrow?” That’s because even with all the angst involved in applying for and being approved for a home loan, lenders are often inclined to loan you more money than you expect. For instance, you may consider: How long will I live in this home?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 14, 2011

Any housing related insurance fees and property taxes are also important to include. Base this cost around if each meal each meal was prepared at home. This would include your monthly mortgage payment or rent payment. You would need to add in the cost of all necessary utilities like gas, electricity, telephone and water.

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Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 4, 2015

The business softened, renovations were more costly than expected, and we were now the owners of two mortgages, our home and our business. On top of our normal day to day expenses, the new property taxes were due, we had more ownership expenses than we realized, and we had a family to feed.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 25, 2023

This is a decision with many moving parts, and things change: Your down payment savings grow, you consider moving to a cheaper or more expensive area, you’re curious what happens if you spend less on a home, or more. It takes into account typical spending on home renovations and maintenance. Is renting always cheaper?

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Family Balance Sheet

MAY 6, 2020

But in August 2013 , our business softened, renovations to our new building were more costly than planned, and we were now the owners of two mortgages: our home and our business. Also to top it off, I had a huge property tax due that month for our office building that was going to be difficult to pay for in light of the circumstances.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Key Takeaways Home affordability is at its worst point since 2007, according to a measure from housing data provider ATTOM. Single-family homes and condos in 99% of counties with sufficient data to analyze remain less affordable than historical averages. A median-priced home consumes 33.7% at least for the moment.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

A few years ago, when selecting a vacation home to buy, one of my criteria was that it had to be at a lake or on a beach. These will include things such as insurance, property taxes, gasoline (to get to the lake and to boat on the lake), maintenance, boat slip fees and storage fees in off season.

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Savings Corner

APRIL 4, 2024

When you refinance your home, you’ll apply in a similar way to when you applied to purchase your home. You’ll pay for a home appraisal. Cash-out refinance Caret Down When you do a cash-out refinance , you use your home equity to withdraw cash to spend. Here’s generally how it works: The lender will do a credit check.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Yet, over the years, I kept discovering new things about home ownership. Know what you are getting into with home ownership – it may not be cheaper than renting! Our current home is 25 years old and I haven’t had any issues with drywall (at least not ones I didn’t cause myself). Work locations change over time.

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Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 22, 2020

We had been renting for over 10 years and we were ready to find a property to move our business to and eventually build our net worth. Our business was doing very well, and we were excited about the opportunity to own a property outside of our home. Small home = Low Expenses. Everything looked great on paper.

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Savings Corner

APRIL 4, 2024

The steps may vary depending on whether you’re looking for debt consolidation loans , home improvement loans, medical loans or wedding loans. Income verification: You can provide a pay stub, bank statements, tax returns or even 1099 forms if you’re self-employed. A longer term will result in a lower monthly payment.

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The Frugal Girl

MARCH 4, 2024

Our mom stayed home to raise us kids; she went to work part-time in the local school system after both my brother and I were in school. Alan and I, by choice, bought land in an area with low property taxes. Had we not fallen in love with the locale, it wouldn’t have mattered how low the taxes were, but fall in love we did.

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Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 8, 2018

Many years ago, our cash flow sucked, we put Christmas on a credit card, and I wasn’t sure how I was going to pay for a large tax bill. I discovered the term, Zero-Based Budget, when my husband and I took Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University home course many years ago. ” We’ve been there too.

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