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Using Benefits From FHA Loans Is Likely A Great Decision

By Joel McLaughlin
May 16, 2009
FHA loans have become one of the most popular types of financing that both new and veteran homebuyers are using to buy houses in Arizona. In addition, the current low in real estate prices is making it an ideal time for many to buy homes, often for thousands less than you would have paid only a few months ago. Buying your own home can also potentially save you thousands of dollars in the future, and perhaps even the present.

One of the more significant benefits of buying a home with an FHA loan in today's real estate market is the incredibly low prices for which many homes are now selling. It isn't hard to find houses in the Phoenix metro and other areas of Arizona that were previously selling for $400,000 - $500,000, now priced at $300,000 and under. With homes prices being offered at such low costs, it could potentially be more expensive to rent than to buy.

Renting may seem like the only viable choice you have when it comes to your living arrangements, but that might not be your sole option anymore. With homes priced so low in Arizona's current real estate market, the dream of buying your own home could come true more quickly than you realize. Buying your own home can help you build equity, increase your credit score, and acquire better financial standing overall. Renting does not allow you to build any type of equity to your name and may do substantially less to help your credit score and financial standing than buying can. Banks and other financial officials often view homeowners as being more financially stable and responsible than those who rent and have never owned their own property. If you want to be recognized by your potential lenders as a responsible and stable person, worthy to be offered other loans and incentives for the things you need, you should consider buying now while the real estate market continues to favor new buyers.

Rental payments are usually more expensive than regular mortgage payments unless you sacrifice quality for quantity. For example, in today's market you may be able to find a beautiful, four-bedroom, three-bath home to buy that, on average, may require $1,000 rent each month for the mortgage. In order to only pay $1,000 per month for a rental property however, you would likely have to sacrifice one or more of the bedrooms, as well as one of the bathrooms in the home. Renting a four-bedroom, three-bath home, would likely increase your payments to $1,500 per month. When you pay rent, you pay the mortgage and accumulating interest, just as you would a home you bought yourself. But when renting, you also pay additional funds each month to give your landlord incentive to keep renting. Buying a home entails repaying your lender with an accumulated interest; renting a home also requires that, plus some extra for your landlord. Is it really worth it to pay extra for a rental property when you won't even be able to claim it as your own once the mortgage has been entirely paid? Will you even know when that happens? Likely not, because you will always be paying payments to your landlord, regardless of whether any of that amount is being paid toward the mortgage.
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