Always follow the '30/30/3 rule' before buying a home during Covid-19, says finance expert—here's why

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A finance expert says to always follow the '30/30/3 rule' before buying a home during the coronavirus pandemic. Here's what it means. (via CNBCMakeIt)

due to the pandemic, demand for real estate has increased exponentially. But that doesn't necessarily mean you should buy a home right now.. As a result, most of us paid the price. Having your neighbor conduct a short sale or foreclosure isn't good for your wealth, even if you borrowed well within your means.

When rates are lower, you can already spend more on a home if you keep your spending as a percentage of gross income fixed. The real danger emerges when you break this rule to buy an even more expensive home. This might sound like a lot, especially since there are programs that allow you to do a smaller down payment. But during times of high uncertainty, it's better to have a larger financial cushion.

If you earn $100,000 a year, then you can comfortably afford up to a $300,000 home. Or if you have a top 1% household income of $500,000, you can afford up to $1,500,000.

 

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MakeIt “Being really good to your rich relatives and parents” what kind of advice is this?

MakeIt 30% of the home value saved before buying a home. This person does not live in the real world. Just pay PMI. 90% of people can refi out of it within 5 years. By the time you save that, prices will have increased more than the cost of PMI over that time.

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MakeIt “Being really good to your parents and rich relatives.” LOL

MakeIt Interesting. But some of us must take a risk, otherwise, we will never buy a home. Good parameters, though.

MakeIt They are no expert with this advice

MakeIt There have been 82 full days since the start of summer through now (6/21-9/10). In 33 of those days (40.24%), the US had more than 1,000 COVID deaths. The whole continent of Europe, with a population 2.27 times larger than ours, hasn’t had even one 1,000 death day in that time.

MakeIt With these rules no one would ever have a house on Long Island

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MakeIt Well people it’s another Friday with more options expiring. Once again CNBC has no interest in exploring how big money manipulates stock prices to win big. Pick a stock, look at volume & open int. & you can see where there will make the stock price close today. Illegal as hell...

MakeIt Not true.

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MakeIt Very poor advice 30 percent of your gross monthly income. It’s a recipe for disaster.

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