If ie your interest rate is 4%, then you get 4% return on all the money to put into your mortgage.
HOWEVER this is "UNEARNED" income. Which means you do not pay a 30% income tax on it like all other forms of interest income. So that's a real 4% return on investment, guaranteed. Unlike that 5% in stocks which is really 3% with risk of losing money instead.
1) Capital Gains is 15%, not 30.
A more realistic look at returns for investments is around 10%. If you have credit card debt you should definitely pay that but you would be a fool to take that money out, pay 15% , then pay off a mortgage with under a 4% rate.
If you can get 10% on stocks you shouldn't bother with owning a home, as an investment it doesn't make 10% returns.
I agree, property is a horrible investment.
You GOT TO live somewhere though, right?
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