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Chapter 8
Purchasing and Financing
a Home
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Chapter Objectives
• Explain how to select a home to purchase
• Describe the transaction costs of purchasing a home
• Describe the characteristics of various mortgage options
• Describe the characteristics of different types of interest rates
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Chapter Objectives (cont’d)
• Show how to compare the costs of purchasing versus renting a home
• Explain the mortgage refinancing decision
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Selecting a Home
• Single-family detached home• Semi-detached home• Duplex• Townhouse• Carriage Home• Manufactured/Mobile Home• Condominium Complex
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Selecting a Home (cont’d)
• Condominium Complex• Individuals own units of a housing complex, but
jointly own the surrounding land and common areas and amenities
• Best suited for situation where the common areas cannot be easily separated among the owners
• Offer less privacy
• Condominium expenses are shared among the owners
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Selecting a Home (cont’d)
• How Much Can You Afford?• Pre-approval certificate: provides you with a
guideline on how large a mortgage you can afford based on your financial situation
• Gross debt service (GDS) ratio: your monthly mortgage-related debt payments–including mortgage loan repayments, heating costs, property taxes, and half of any condominium fees–divided by your total monthly gross household income
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Selecting a Home (cont’d)
• How Much Can You Afford?
– Gross debt service (GDS) ratio: your monthly mortgage-related debt payments–including mortgage loan repayments, heating costs, property taxes, and half of any condominium fees–divided by your total monthly gross household income
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Selecting a Home (cont’d)
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Selecting a Home (cont’d)• Affordable Down Payment
• Savings• Keep some funds to cover unanticipated bills
and closing costs• The Home Buyer’s Plan (HBP) can help first-time
home buyers reach their goals
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Selecting a Home (cont’d)
• Affordable Monthly Mortgage Payments
• The larger your mortgage payments,
• the less you can add to your savings/investments,
• the lower your liquidity, and
• the greater your overall financial risk
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Selecting a Home (cont’d)
• Criteria Used to Select a Home• Price
• Convenient location
• Maintenance
• School system (if applicable)
• Insurance
• Taxes
• Resale value
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Selecting a Home (cont’d)
• Relying on a Realtor• Can assist you with:
• Assessing homes,
• Deciding whether to buy a home, or
• Determining which home to purchase
• Home seller is typically responsible for paying a realtor commission
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Selecting a Home (cont’d)
• Using Online Realtor Services• Multiple Listing Service: an information
database of homes available for sale through realtors who are members of the service
• Other online services allow sellers to list their homes in a database without providing real estate-related services
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Selecting a Home (cont’d)• Negotiating a Price• Seller may accept, reject, or suggest you revise the
offer• Contract can go back and forth a number of times
• Contract stipulates the price, and may include conditions such as the completion of a home inspection, the move-in date, and the approval of a mortgage
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Selecting a Home (cont’d)
• Focus on Ethics: Disclosing Defects
• The law requires disclosure of any defect that may affect the value of the home
• Disclosure is not only legal, but moral
• Failure to disclose can result in a lawsuit for misrepresentation
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Transaction Costs of Purchasing a Home
• Conventional mortgage: a mortgage where the down payment is at least 20 percent of the home’s appraised value
• High ratio mortgage: a mortgage where the down payment is less than 20 percent of the home’s appraised value
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Transaction Costs of Purchasing a Home (cont’d)
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Transaction Costs of Purchasing a Home (cont’d)
• Where do you get a down payment?
• Own savings
• RRSP HBP withdrawal
• Non-repayable gifts from a parent
• Money from the sale of another property
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Transaction Costs of Purchasing a Home (cont’d)
• Vendor take-back mortgage: a mortgage where the lender is the seller of the property
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Transaction Costs of Purchasing a Home (cont’d)
• Closing Costs• Home Inspection Fee
• Appraisal Fee
• Real Property Report (Land Survey)
• Land Transfer Tax
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Transaction Costs of Purchasing a Home (cont’d)
• Legal Fees and Disbursements
• GST/HST
• Title Insurance
• Interest Adjustment
• Prepaid Property Tax and Utility Adjustments
• Homeowner’s Insurance
• Loan Protection Life and Disability Insurance
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Transaction Costs of Purchasing a Home (cont’d)
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Transaction Costs of Purchasing a Home (cont’d)
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Mortgage Options
• Amortization Period
• Amortization: the expected number of years it will take a borrower to pay off the entire mortgage loan balance
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Mortgage Options (cont’d)
• Mortgage Term
• Mortgage term: the period of time over which the mortgage interest rate and other terms of the mortgage contract will not change
• Terms include 6 months and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 years
• Always less than or equal to the amortization period
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Mortgage Options (cont’d)• Payment Options
• Payment option: the frequency with which you make a mortgage payment
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Mortgage Options (cont’d)
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Mortgage Options (cont’d)
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Mortgage Options (cont’d)
• Mortgage Type
• Closed mortgage: restricts your ability to pay off the mortgage balance during the mortgage term unless you are willing to pay a financial penalty
• Open mortgage: allows you to pay off the mortgage balance at any time during the mortgage term
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Characteristics of a Fixed-Rate Mortgage
• Fixed-rate mortgage: a mortgage in which a fixed interest rate is specified for the term of the mortgage
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Characteristics of a Fixed-Rate Mortgage (cont’d)
• Amortization Schedule
• Discloses the monthly payments you will make based on:
• a specific mortgage amount,
• a fixed interest rate, and
• an amortization period
• Allocation of the Mortgage Payment
• each payment includes repayment of a portion of the principal of the loan and an interest payment
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Characteristics of a Fixed-Rate Mortgage (cont’d)
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Characteristics of a Fixed-Rate Mortgage (cont’d)
• Impact of the Mortgage Amount on the Monthly Payment• The larger the mortgage amount, the larger the
mortgage payment
• Impact of the Interest Rate on the Monthly Payment• The higher the interest rate, the larger the
mortgage payment
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Characteristics of a Fixed-Rate Mortgage (cont’d)
• Impact of the Amortization Period on the Monthly Payment
• The longer the amortization period, the lower the monthly payment and the higher the amount of interest payable over the life of the mortgage
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Characteristics of a Variable-Rate Mortgage
• Variable-rate mortgage (VRM): a mortgage where the interest charged on the loan changes in response to movements in a specific market-determined interest rate
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Characteristics of a Variable-Rate Mortgage (cont’d)
• Initial Rate• Relatively low initial mortgage rate over the
first year or so
• The allocation of your mortgage payments to principal and interest will change if the VRM rate changes
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Characteristics of a Variable-Rate Mortgage (cont’d)
• Convertible mortgage: allows you to renew your mortgage, before the and of the current mortgage term, without paying a penalty
• Useful for individuals who feel that mortgage rates are about to increase
• Allows individuals to “lock in” their current mortgage interest rate for a longer term
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Characteristics of a Variable-Rate Mortgage (cont’d)
• Interest Rate Index• Initial mortgage rate will be adjusted to stay in
line with the prime rate of interest (i.e., the prime rate)
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Decision to Own versus Rent a Home
• Financial assessment of owning a home versus renting can be performed objectively
• Estimating the Total Cost of Renting and Owning• Costs of Renting:
• Rent
• Tenant’s Insurance
• Opportunity Cost of Security Deposit
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Decision to Own versus Rent a Home (cont’d)
• Costs of Owning:• Mortgage Payment
• Down Payment
• Opportunity Cost of the Down Payment
• Property Taxes
• Home Insurance
• Closing Costs
• Maintenance Costs
• Utilities
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Decision to Own versus Rent a Home (cont’d)
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Mortgage Refinancing
• Mortgage refinancing: paying off an existing mortgage with a new mortgage that has a lower interest rate
• Rate Modification
• Refinancing Analysis
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