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Published on 06/26/2009

Brampton - If you are currently renting for $900 per month and were considering a purchase of $250,000 with $20,000 as your down payment and municipal taxes of $1,750 per year, would it make financial sense to buy or continue renting?

You would be best served to BUY for the following reasons:

1. With your payment of $1,297.00 per month, you would pay down your mortgage principal balance by $21,569.00 over 5 years.

2. If you invested your down payment of $20,000.00 plus the cash flow savings from renting of $1,443.00 (mortgage payment and taxes) - $900.00 = $543.00 and generated a standard after tax rate of 4% you would make $12,260.00

** Equity in example #1 - $41,569.00

** Equity in example #2 - $32,260.00

DIFFERENCE TO YOU:
$9,309.00

This example assumes that there is a 0% growth in your property value over 5 years.

· If your property appreciated by 1% per year, you would build $33,136 in equity in the 5 years.

· If your property appreciated by 2% per year, you would build $45,171 in equity in the 5 years.