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Most first time buyers have been previously renting or living at home, so buying their first home means having to become accustomed to paying their mortgage and all of the added expenses that come with homeownership (Visit my Blog: Calling All First Time Buyers- Dont Become House Poor).With that said, your next home isnt really front of mind until you decide its time to move. So how are first time buyers preparing themselves to be able to afford their next home? I have a strategy that I have share with my clients that, when used, can really make purchasing a dream home a reality.
Heres the strategy:
DISCLAIMER:Please keep in mind I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba where we see a steady 1-2% increase in house prices year over year, we have in my opinion, one of the most consistent, affordable, steady markets across Canada. So the numbers I am using are based on this particular market. I am using an interest rate of 3.44% as its just a rate I used to derive a payment and is not best rate today (April 17, 2019). By the way my next blog post will be why its important we need to stop talking about rate (stay turned).
The example Im using is a $250,000purchase with 5% downpayment, mortgage payments are based on 3.44% over a 25 year amortization is$624.95 accelerated bi-weekly payments(pays off your mortgage 2 years sooner). In my experience most first time buyers are ready to move up around the 5 year markso I am using that as the timeframe.
My strategy is simple, use the lenders pre-payment privileges to create more equity and pay less in interest costs. By increasing your payment you will also limit your payment shock when moving to your next home.
Heres the breakdown:
A lot of lenders will allow you to increase your mortgage payment up to 20% for no fee. If your mortgage payment is $624 you can add $125 to each mortgage payment, which will make your new payment $749 bi-weekly. That and extra $3000 you are paying your mortgage down per year and $15,000 over the 5 year term. Not only did you just increase the equity in your home but over a 5 year term alone you are saving $3000 in interest costs ($26,389 over the 25 year period).
Mortgage Payoff Summary
Original loan amount
$251,900.00
Original mortgage amortization
25 Years
Interest rate
3.44%
Normal payment (PI)
$624.85 accelerated bi-weekly
Additional payment
$125.00 bi-weekly
Prepayment savings
$26,389.37 over 25 yrs
*Assuming the interest rate does not change during the amortization period.
Payment schedule
Regular Payment Schedule
Prepayment Payment Schedule
Yr
Total Payments
Interest Paid
Ending Principal Balance
Total Payments
Interest Paid
Ending Principal Balance
$251,900.00
$251,900.00
1
$16,246.10
$8,470.49
$244,124.39
$19,496.10
$8,416.60
$240,820.50
2
$16,246.10
$8,200.71
$236,079.00
$19,496.10
$8,032.16
$229,356.56
3
$16,246.10
$7,921.58
$227,754.48
$19,496.10
$7,634.40
$217,494.86
4
$16,246.10
$7,632.75
$219,141.13
$19,496.10
$7,222.87
$205,221.63
5
$16,246.10
$7,333.87
$210,228.90
$19,496.10
$6,797.04
$192,522.57
6
$16,246.10
$7,024.67
$201,007.47
$19,496.10
$6,356.46
$179,382.93
7
$16,246.10
$6,704.70
$191,466.07
$19,496.10
$5,900.54
$165,787.37
8
$16,246.10
$6,373.66
$181,593.63
$19,496.10
$5,428.82
$151,720.09
9
$16,246.10
$6,031.14
$171,378.67
$19,496.10
$4,940.75
$137,164.74
10
$16,246.10
$5,676.74
$160,809.31
$19,496.10
$4,435.74
$122,104.38
11
$16,246.10
$5,310.05
$149,873.26
$19,496.10
$3,913.25
$106,521.53
12
$16,246.10
$4,930.55
$138,557.71
$19,496.10
$3,372.54
$90,397.97
13
$16,246.10
$4,537.94
$126,849.55
$19,496.10
$2,813.16
$73,715.03
14
$16,246.10
$4,131.74
$114,735.19
$19,496.10
$2,234.30
$56,453.23
15
$16,246.10
$3,711.44
$102,200.53
$19,496.10
$1,635.41
$38,592.54
16
$16,246.10
$3,276.54
$89,230.97
$19,496.10
$1,015.70
$20,112.14
17
$16,246.10
$2,826.55
$75,811.42
$19,496.10
$374.51
$990.55
18
$16,246.10
$2,360.93
$61,926.25
$992.17
$1.62
$0.00
19
$16,246.10
$1,879.18
$47,559.33
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
20
$16,246.10
$1,380.71
$32,693.94
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
21
$16,246.10
$864.95
$17,312.79
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
22
$16,246.10
$331.29
$1,397.98
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
23
$1,401.04
$3.06
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
24
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
25
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Now lets take into account that Manitoba has a steady 2% increase in house prices year over year for the past few DECADESso its reasonable to say that your $250,000 home would be closer to $275,000 in 5 years time.
So in 5 years time you could potentially have close to $83,000 in equity for the purchase of a new house.
So lets look at a new purchase and what this could mean so we can talk about the bonus of doing this strategy- Avoiding payment shock!
Net sale proceeds(no mortgage penalty for this example)
$83,000 Sale Proceeds *sale price of $275,000
$1,000 Legals
$12,000 Estimated real estate fees
$500 Estimated discharge fee for you current mortgage
$69,500 Net Sale proceeds
New purchase
$425,000 Purchase Price
59,000 Downpayment from sale proceeds
$10,500 Closing costs (estimated) from sale proceeds
*No cash out of pocket for the new purchase
$864 New payment (non accelerated payment/ using same interest rate)
$749 Old payment accelerated with extra payments
$114 Difference in payment bi-weekly
If you did notincrease your mortgage $125 your payments would have been $624 bi-weekly and your downpayment would have been $41,000 compared to 59,000. The difference between your old payment and your your new payments would be $289 bi-weekly THATS A DIFFERENCE OF $22,750 over a 5 year term!
By add$125 to your bi-weeklypayment you not only got yourself into a $425,000 home in 5 years but also your lifestyle will remaining the same as your payments will be relatively close to what you were used to paying over the past 5 years.
After reading all of this you may be questioning just how you could free up $125 bi-weekly in order to increase your mortgage payments. Not to worry, my next blog will cover this!
Mortgage Deferral Agreements and Their Impact
CMHCs Fall 2020 Residential Mortgage Industry Dashboard discusses mortgage deferral agreements and their impact.
At the end of the second quarter, credit unions, mortgage finance companies (MFCs) and mortgage investment entities (MIEs) have allowed mortgage deferral agreements for about 6%, 7% and 7% of their respective residential mortgage portfolios.
Chartered banks have allowed 16% of mortgages to go into deferral since the beginning of the pandemic. Of these, close to 2 out of 3 borrowers had resumed payments on their mortgages at the end of the third quarter of 2020. In the coming months, we could see higher delinquency rates if some borrowers are unable to resume their payments; these mortgages will have to be booked as arrears.
These deferral agreements have affected financial institutions cash flows, with reductions of:
4% in scheduled mortgage payments
3% in non-scheduled payments (accelerated monthly payments and lump-sum payments)
While remaining at low levels, mortgages in arrears (90 or more days delinquent) have increased slightly between the first and second quarters of 2020 from:
0.24% to 0.26%, on average, for chartered banks
0.23% to 0.25%, on average, for non-bank mortgage lenders
We also observe an increase in early-stage delinquencies (31 to 59 days and 60 to 89 days), which suggests that arrears could continue on an upward trend.
Source: CMHC
Bank of Canada will maintain current level of policy rate until inflation objective is achieved, continues its quantitative easing program
The Bank of Canada today maintained its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of percent, with the Bank Rate at percent and the deposit rate at percent. The Bank is maintaining its extraordinary forward guidance, reinforced and supplemented by its quantitative easing (QE) program, which continues at its current pace of at least $4 billion per week.
The rebound in the global and Canadian economies has unfolded largely as the Bank had anticipated in its October Monetary Policy Report (MPR). More recently, news on the development of effective vaccines is providing reassurance that the pandemic will end and more normal activities will resume, although the pace and breadth of the global rollout of vaccinations remain uncertain. Near term, new waves of infections are expected to set back recoveries in many parts of the world. Accommodative policy and financial conditions are continuing to provide support across most regions. Stronger demand is pushing up prices for most commodities, including oil. A broad-based decline in the US exchange rate has contributed to a further appreciation of the Canadian dollar.