Cost of Home Ownership - Price and Mortgage Rates
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Cost of Home Ownership Based on Both Price and Mortgage Rates
The total cost of home ownership is a point that buyers do not always consider when purchasing a home. Buyers will often get hung up on the purchase price of a house, with negotiations going back and forth over just a few thousand dollars and neither side willing to give in.
Purchase price is short-term while cost is long-term. While it is important for a buyer to understand price trends and the direction home values are headed, a factor of equal importance is the long-term cost of home ownership. Both the price and the interest rates must be calculated into the long-term cost.
Rising Interest Rates Increase the Cost of Home Ownership Â
 CNN Money stated in a recent article that…
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