There are a few important benefits associated with buying a home that Beth and Jon will want to consider. First, as Beth’s father has mentioned, building equity in a home can be preferable to renting, where there is no chance of …show more content…
* No consideration of state income tax. * No change on the assessed value of the house. * No change on the tax bracket for the couple. * The growth rate of the house is 4% at the year 5 when couple decide to sell the house. * Risk free rate is 0.0499
FIG 2 Decision to Buy house: | Cost | | | First year | Second year | Third Year | Forth Year | Fifth Year | FV | Down payment | -120,000.00 | | | | | -153,080.87 | Mortgage | -28,800.00 | -28,800.00 | -28,800.00 | -28,800.00 | -28,800.00 | -159,106.39 | Closing Costs | -4,500.00 | | | | | -5,740.53 | Property Taxes | -5,597.00 | -5,597.00 | -5,597.00 | -5,597.00 | -5,597.00 | -30,920.78 | Maintenance | -6,000.00 | -6,153.60 | -6,311.13 | -6,472.70 | -6,638.40 | -34,802.57 | Home Insurance | -1,200.00 | -1,260.00 | -1,323.00 | -1,389.15 | -1,458.61 | -7,291.65 | Bond | 984.90 | 984.90 | 984.90 | 984.90 | 984.90 | 5,441.11 | Tax savings | 11,351.01 | 11,351.01 | 11,351.01 | 11,351.01 | 11,351.01 | 62,708.97 | Sale of house | | | | | | 729,991.74 | pay off mortgage | | | | | | -480,000.00 | Brokerage commission | | | | | | -36,499.59 | | | | | | total: | -109,300.56 | Decision to Rent house | | | | | | | rent for 5 years | -43,200.00 | -44,305.92 | -45,440.15 | -46,603.42 | -47,796.47 | -250,578.48 | bond | 4,924.50 | 4,924.50 | 4,924.50 | 4,924.50 | 4,924.50 | 27,205.54 | |