Strategies for buying the perfect vacation home

Strategies for buying the perfect vacation home
  • Decision-making strategies: 6 questions to ask yourself
  • 1. Can I afford?
  • 2. Should I buy it with my friend, my brother, another family?
  • 3. How will I use the home?
  • 4. Where should my vacation home be?
  • 5. What kind of house will it be?
  • 6. What are the tax implications of a vacation home?
  • The last line

Everyone knows the standard summer safety tips: swim only when a lifeguard is present, apply sunscreen liberally, drink plenty of fluids. But there's one item your financial advisor would probably like to add to that list: Beware the sudden, seemingly unstoppable urge to buy a second home in the place where you just spent two idyllic weeks on vacation. As one financial website puts it, summer is "a time to relax, kick back and make dumb financial decisions. "Buying a home may not be such a stupid decision, but it has to be one made with the head and not the heart – and only after consulting with financial, legal and real estate experts.

If you decide to buy a vacation home, you'll be part of an emerging trend that the National Association of Realtors (NAR) has been tracking since 2003. The 2015 NAR survey reports that vacation home buying rose to a record high in 2014, with an estimated 1. 13 million vacation home sales. The typical buyer had a median household income of $94, 380 and purchased a property with a median distance of 200 miles from their primary residence. Lawrence Yun, NAR's chief economist, calls it "amazing growth" that nearly doubled the total number of vacation home sales over the past two years.

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What homebuyers need to know

What homebuyers need to know

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What homebuyers need to know

Rostock. The topic of home ownership is now being discussed again in politics, after having been virtually absent from the public debate for over a decade since the end of the home ownership subsidy in 2006. With the Baukindergeld, the federal government has launched a new subsidy, since 18. September 2018 it can be applied for. Construction child benefit provides equity subsidy for families with children. For each child, the state contributes 1.200 euros with, which can be used to repay the real estate loan. The subsidy only applies to the purchase or construction of owner-occupied residential property – and it will only be granted this year and next year. This means that if you want to receive the building subsidy, the purchase contract or the building permit must not be dated later than 31 December of the current year. December 2020.

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Mortgage as collateral – this is how much money is available

If you want to have a real estate loan, then you need to provide collateral to the lender. Although often in connection with a real estate financing is still spoken of the mortgage. However, banks have been accepting a land charge much more frequently for many years, so that the mortgage is now only used relatively rarely.

In our article, we would like to discuss how much money you receive as a real estate loan if you have a mortgage or a mortgage loan. Land charge as security place. In this context, we answer, among other things, the question of what the mortgage lending value is, how banks calculate it, what documents you need to submit and what the so-called lending limit is all about.

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Rising construction interest rates – a danger for home builders?

Rising construction interest rates - a danger for home builders?

my name is Axel Dittmann and I work as a construction financing specialist in the Himmelpforten branch of Volksbank Stade-Cuxhaven eG. Long time surfed the building interest rates on a very low wave. Currently, however, we are experiencing a clear turnaround in interest rates: Since Christmas 2021, the strongest increase since 1999 can be observed in the construction interest rates. Compared to the beginning of the year, the interest rate level has almost tripled for a commitment of ten years, according to Interhyp (as of mid-June 2022). This development is causing concern for home builders. We clarify how justified these are.

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Refinance rates for 30- and 20-year mortgages close week with surprise plunge

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Check out mortgage refinance rates for the 21. January 2022 on, which have been shuffled since yesterday. ( iStock )

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Credit despite debts

A question often asked by loan applicants is whether you can take out a loan despite debt. The answer is quite simple. Of course – if you can afford it. Having several loans at the same time is far from being a negative feature. Quite the opposite. If you have successfully repaid several loans or even loans in the past, Schufa and also the bank evaluates this experience as positive. You have thus gained experience in dealing with loans and have also repaid them in full. This significantly increases your creditworthiness, as you have sent clear signals of trust.

Also, the number of loans is not decisive. You can have 10 or 20 loans or financing at the same time. It is important that you have the necessary credit rating and always meet your payment obligations regularly. You should therefore have a sufficiently high income to be able to pay the installments without any problems. Thus you do not apply for a credit despite debts – but despite liabilities. This is a big difference. Debts are only securitized by non-payment of liabilities accordingly. Pay their on time you have leidlich chosen a form of financing.

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Express loan – in a short time to the desired loan

The most important features for an express loan are fast disbursement and online application. Providers promise to pay out the online express loan on the same day of application if identity verification is done online and credit check documents are submitted online. However, experience shows that banks take different amounts of time to pay out.

Even if the provider makes the payment on the same day as the application, it is not guaranteed that you will actually receive the money on the same day.

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The average construction financing loan in 2016

The average construction financing loan in 2016

The average construction loan not only shows that borrowers are putting more and more money into financing for condominiums and houses. The average construction loan also shows in which regions the economic strength and thus the financial strength of private households is strong or weak. Looking at the average construction loan for 5 years at ACCEDO, an average of 150.000, – Euro financed. Today is already the 200.000,- Euro mark broken through. This is due to several factors. But the more expensive purchase prices are only one of them.

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