In addition to the Realtor commission, as a rule of thumb, you should calculate approximately 1% of the sales prices for closing costs. This expense is broken down into several line items such as doc stamps, attorney fees, etc.
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What’s fueling real estate prices? Among many factors, interest rates (or the cost to borrow money). Going back to the late 80s when 30 year mortgage rates where over 15%, fast forward now to 2017, good credit and good credentials will get you about 4%.
Think about the impact that has on, say, on a $500,000 mortgage. At 15% interest rate you are looking at a monthly mortgage payment of just under $8,000! Compute that $500,000 loan at 4%, you are down to $2,500 bucks a month. Huge impact. HUGE!