Woodrow pointed out this excellent article over at News1130.com on how to get a good deal with these new high interest rates. Here are a couple of gems:
The easiest thing to do is to put down a larger down payment, which will help you pay less interest over the life of your mortgage — or make payments weekly or bi-weekly.
Well that’s easy! Just put down more money! But what if the credit card companies won’t let me take out another cash advance? Do you have any other advice on how to save money on a mortgage, perhaps in a jumbled form?
Bank of Montreal’s Carolyn Heaney says within in the next couple of years we’ll see more increases in the prime lending rate, so people may want to consider a fixed rate mortgage. “Let’s say we take an average 30 year and reduce it to 25, how much interest can we potentially save off on a $200,000 mortgage? The answer to that is roughly around $53,000.”
Heaney explains another thing people can do is cut their amortization by five years, from 30 to 25. She says potential homeowners can save over $50,000 on a $200,000 mortgage.
..Perhaps we’re all just too busy flipping condos to edit the news?
