Post by sunshine608 on Sept 25, 2015 13:36:27 GMT -5
Paid 209 put down 10%. Our payment just went up to $1600 due to taxes increasing. We are getting an appraisial soon hoping to remove PMI and get it knocked down by about $200 a month.
We bought a foreclosure at the bottom of the market- but anticipate being able to have PMI removed fairly quickly based on what the house originally sold for.
Post by purplecow0206 on Sept 25, 2015 13:38:52 GMT -5
Our rent is $1900/month (includes utilities) for a 1000K sq ft, 2 bedroom/1 bath apartment in walking distance to the Metro. Not in great condition, but so long as we can still fit in it comfortably and they don't hike the price astronomically, we're sticking with it.
Monthly payment is $1600. That's mortgage and escrow. There is no PMI. Can't remember the rate we got but it was low and then because of my husband's company we got an even lower rate. We had the same payment at our old house we sold in 2014 but that was a 15 year loan and now we have a 30 year loan.
We refinanced about $130,000 in 2012 at 2.9%. we signed on for a 12 year mortgage, and will be paid off when DS1 is in high school. Our mortgage doesn't include taxes or insurance. We pay those in a lump sum once a year.
The mortgage is $910/month.
Taxes are due every spring and are about $5,000 a year.
So I guess if you combine all together it's about $1,500 a month for everything.
At our old house we did. We bought in 2008 with a 30 year loan and then refinanced in 2010/11 (can't remember) to a 15 year. Then we sold it and moved in 2014 anyway and now we're back to a 30 year loan BUT our house doubled in size, and we got a lot more and because we went from 15 to 30 our payments are actually almost the exact same!
$1,780 rent (3BR, 2 bath house) plus $400/month to make up what the rent doesn't cover on the house we own but rent out. I cannot WAIT until we can sell. The market has recovered enough that we are $20K underwater instead of $50K, so it's getting better.
We rent, and are living on post right now. They charge what his BAH IS, which here is $1785 a month. Our house is a duplex, built in 1908, 3 bed 1.5 bath, 1200 sq ft.
Post by CrazyLucky on Sept 25, 2015 14:10:20 GMT -5
We bought in 2005. Not the smartest. The house was $208k and we'd be lucky to get that back now. Our mortgage, including insurance and taxes, is around $1150/month. We pay an extra $200/month in on the principal. If we don't move and continue this pace, we will pay it off in about ten years. DS will be 15 when we pay it off and DD 13, which means the next several years's worth of mortgage payments will become college savings.
We did refinance from a 30 year to a 20 year in 2010. It brought down the interest by 1.5%.
$1850 PITI for a $285k mortgage. 5% down @3.25%, includes ~$220 in PMI that we can drop in 2017 (bought in 2011 @4.25%, refinanced in 2012 to 3.25%, so we're going to end up paying PMI for six years total, but the APR change made the extra $2600 in PMI worthwhile).
Post by kadams767 on Sept 25, 2015 14:26:28 GMT -5
We paid $250k, put 20% down, and pay P&I monthly of $850. We don't escrow for taxes and insurance directly, but that's another $600/month or so, so $1450 total.