When should you avoid a mortgage and buy a house for cash? Well, it depends on the relationship between the investment and mortgage interest rates and on how disposable income is managed. Suppose a woman named “Lauren” wants to buy a $200,000 house and she has $300,000 in savings and $2,000/month in disposable income. In our example, Lauren has two options: she can either buy the house for cash; or, take out a fifteen-year, 4%, no fee $180,000 mortgage. The latest development by City Developments Limited is Penrose Sims Drive at Aljunied MRT Station. Please see Penrose site and floor plans and the financial options here.
So, which option should Lauren choose? First, calculate her future net worth at the end of the period in question, for each of the given scenarios. Use a period of fifteen years, assuming she either pays off her loan at the end of fifteen …